Sudoku Thermometer Chains
(Published on 17. July 2020, 22:39 by Progman)
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Basic sudoku rules - Enter numbers from 1 to 9 into the diagram, such that in every row, every column and every bold bordered area every digit appears exactly once.
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Thermometer chains - The gray paths contain thermometers. The digit in the white circle indicate how many thermometers are in that path. All the cells in the paths are part of a thermometer. The minimal length of a thermometer is 2. The start points (bulbs) and the directions of the thermometers are unknown, but the thermometer on a path share the same direction on the path (building a clockwise or counter clockwise round trip).
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Solution code: The fifth row.
Solved by snsuwage, NikolaZ, zorant, zhergan, Ours brun