Seven Wonders
(Published on 18. December 2021, 15:43 by SenatorGronk)
I'm keeping this puzzle up for posterity, but for a better (in my opinion) implementation of the same idea, please check out Seven of Nine.
Rules
- Standard sudoku rules apply
- Each 7-cell cage has a different sum and is adjacent to a 2-cell cage whose digits when read left-to-right or top-down provide the sum of the larger cage. Ex: A 7-cell cage with a sum of 31 must be adjacent to a 2-cell cage with the digits 3-1.
- Digits in cages cannot repeat.
- Gray lines are palindromes: digits along them read the same way in either direction.
- The cells separated by a white dot differ by 1
F-puzzles
CTC
NOTE: The break-in isn't especially tough, but you will quickly reach a point where it becomes difficult/impossible to proceed without making an interesting realization about the nature of the different cages. The intended solution path doesn't require any more arithmetic than would be expected in an average killer/little killer puzzle, and you shouldn't need to mentally iterate through lots of permutations of digits for the large cages.
Solution code: Column 1 + Row 3
Last changed on on 2. July 2022, 20:04
Solved by Dentones, SKORP17, bosjo, steelwool, marcmees, Gnosis66
Comments
on 2. July 2022, 20:04 by SenatorGronk
Adding link to newer puzzle with same idea
on 9. March 2022, 19:54 by SenatorGronk
updated link
on 31. December 2021, 12:53 by marcmees
extraordinary. Thanks.
on 21. December 2021, 20:27 by steelwool
Fantastic puzzle, with a great setup. Really pretty hard, even once I twigged what your hint told me; thanks for that!
on 18. December 2021, 23:36 by SenatorGronk
Added a clarifying note