Knight Fever
(Published on 31. January 2021, 03:19 by apiyo)
Normal Sudoku rules: Each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1-9 once only.
Normal Knight's move: Cells that's are a chess Knight's move apart from each other cannot contain the same digit.
Normal Arrows: Digits along arrows must sum to the total in the their white circle.
Normal Thermometers: Digits along a solid grey line must increase from the bulb (circle) end of the line. (The bulb of the thermometer in box 2 is at the top.)
Normal Little Killer clues: A number outside the grid indicates the sum of the digits along its diagonal.
Puzzle link: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=y6tjsxpp
Solution video: Me walking through the break in and efficient solve path. Video.
Solution code: Row 8
Comments
on 31. January 2021, 21:35 by Noggin
Very Sweet
The fact that the first isolated pair I identified was also among the last pair to give up was very clever!!
Well done
[apiyo] Thanks Noggin! Yeah I was pretty pleased the way that turned out too :)
on 31. January 2021, 17:15 by PseudoCoup
Excellent puzzle, thank you. I found the second part harder than the break-in, I think... It's amazing to me how powerful that anti-knight rule is.
It occurs to me: if you had published this puzzle yesterday, you could have called it "SATURDAY Knight Fever..." ;-)
[apiyo] haha thanks pseudo!
on 31. January 2021, 11:31 by jimblek
One of the best! Also a solution video. Break in is very nice. Kudos:)
[apiyo] thanks jimblek!
