Hercule Poirot Overdrive
(Published on 23. January 2022, 08:55 by Thorsby)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
A digit in a circle is part of a string of 3 digits in a straight line, going either horizontally or vertically. (Not diagonally.) The digit in the circle is always at the start or end of the string, never in the middle. The digit in the circle is the sum of the other two digits in the string.
(Could the digit in the circle be the part of more than one such string? And be the sum of the other two digits in those strings? Yes and yes.)
All possible circles are given.
Example:
The puzzle:
solving online: f-puzzles:
Solution code: Column 7, top to bottom, no gaps between numbers.
Comments
on 23. January 2022, 17:13 by PrimeWeasel
Very Nice! Thanks!
on 23. January 2022, 15:47 by henrypijames
My solution code is rejected, but everything seems to be in order. Might the puzzle have multiple solutions?
https://tinyurl.com/39668b6z
[Thorsby: Your solution is wrong, does not follow the all circles are given rule.]
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Doh! I totally missed there being a negative constraint.
on 23. January 2022, 08:59 by Thorsby
Slight change to wording of rules.
