Arrows, XVs, and Dots
(Published on 26. August 2021, 09:41 by kolot)
This puzzle is a companion of Arrows and Dots. The difficulty of each of these puzzles is individually around 4 stars, but if you solve one of them, the difficulty of the other one will be around 2 stars.
RULES: Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along an arrow must sum to the number in the corresponding circle. Digits separated by a black dot must have 2:1 ratio. Digits separated by X must sum to 10. Digits separated by V must sum to 5. All black dots, Xs or Vs may not be given.
Any feedback is highly appreciated!
Solution code: Row 1 followed by column 4.
Comments
on 28. April 2022, 14:17 by kolot
CTC app link is added.
on 13. November 2021, 16:11 by twobear
Love the arithmetic break-in. Also, the puzzle is wonderfully set. Thank you!————
Thank you for solving it! Happy to see that you liked it.
on 24. September 2021, 15:19 by filuta
like Simon would say - I should have spotted this instantly - but well, I didn't. after getting the main idea, it was actually quite easy to finish. hopefully this makes me a better solver in the future (I hope).
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As you said, the puzzle collapses easily after the break-in. You may try my other puzzle Arrows and Dots. It is similar to this one but a little bit more involved.
on 31. August 2021, 14:12 by Jeet Sampat
Love this logic! Very very nice puzzle :D
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Thank you! :-)
on 31. August 2021, 13:25 by Piatato
This definitely felt very smooth coming from the previous puzzle. I think this one probably anyway was slightly less hard, though! Great puzzle!
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You are right. I think this is easier than the other one.
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I can btw only imagine that some people must have bifurcated the other one and thus given it a low rating. I personally think it deserves an even higher approval rating than this one! :-)
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I agree with you. The logic used in the solution path of the other puzzle is much nicer than this one. After constructing these two puzzles I thought the Arrows and Dots puzzle is better than this one, and I sent that one to CTC. I don’t know if it will appear there or not. Also, after I have seen that this puzzle got a rating around 95%, I expected the other one to get a better rating. I was surprised to see that it got 88% rating, at least for now.
on 28. August 2021, 21:59 by Qodec
Very elegant! I agree with what you said about difficulty, but it felt fair and it was telegraphed clearly. Thanks much!
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Thanks for the comment! :)
on 26. August 2021, 19:50 by Steven R
This was a joy to solve, loved it!
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Thanks! Happy to see that you enjoyed it.
on 26. August 2021, 13:13 by henrypijames
The break-in was - at least for me - quite complicated, and the main part of it wasn't even where I thought it'd be.
