Murder Mystery Sudoku
(Published on 21. July 2020, 16:45 by logopolys)
There are four unknown suspects. Who has an alibi with the X-Conspiracy triad, and who is the murderer left out on their own…?
Normal sudoku rules apply. However, the four digits used in this puzzle are not given. They are all between 1 and 9, inclusive.
Adjacent circles are read as a single two-digit number. The digits on the connected arrow add up to this two-digit sum.
Small numbers in the corners of the dotted cages indicate the sum of those cages. The cages marked with X have the same sum, although X is not given.
Penpa link
Normal sudoku rules apply. However, the four digits used in this puzzle are not given. They are all between 1 and 9, inclusive.
Adjacent circles are read as a single two-digit number. The digits on the connected arrow add up to this two-digit sum.
Small numbers in the corners of the dotted cages indicate the sum of those cages. The cages marked with X have the same sum, although X is not given.
Penpa link
Solution code: Row 1, row 2, row 3, and row 4, as a single 16-digit string.
Last changed on on 25. July 2020, 02:42
Solved by lutzreimer, Zzzyxas, MartinR, skywalker, NikolaZ, saskia-daniela, SirWoezel, geronimo92, mandourin, psams, Greg, marcmees, zorant, pokerke, cdwg2000, ManuH, Eggr, SKORP17, zHana2020, Rollie, Nejaru, rimodech, Rollo, mango, moss, ThrowngNinja, bob, misko, zrbakhtiar
Comments
on 23. July 2020, 00:31 by logopolys
@SKORP17 No, the circled numbers are just the two digits of the sum as read. The cells with only arrows are what is added to make the sum.
on 22. July 2020, 22:45 by SKORP17
Zählen die Ziffern in den Kreisen bei der Pfeilsumme mit?
on 22. July 2020, 21:11 by logopolys
Yes, the X-cages are not necessary to solve. However, they greatly aid a logical progression through the puzzle rather than just repeated bifurcation.
