Killer Sudoku Thermometer chains
(Published on 4. September 2020, 18:57 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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Killer sudoku rules - Numbers given at the corner of each dashed cage indicate the sum of all digits inside the cage. No digit may be repeated within a cage.
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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 ThrowngNinja, Nothere, KlausRG, peterchayward, NikolaZ, Ours brun, Imperial Marcher, zorant
Comments
on 6. September 2020, 11:31 by peterchayward
God, what an absolute beauty. I loved this puzzle from start to finish - great job!