Snowdrops
(Published on 29. January 2022, 23:27 by FullDeck-Missing)
Normal sudoku rules apply including arrow, thermo, and Kropki dot constraints. Anti-king constraint applies.
Digits on an arrow sum to the circle at the end.
Digits on a thermometer increase from the bulb to the tip.
Digits a kings move apart cannot be identical.
Solution code: Row 2 (left to right) followed by column 8 (top to bottom); 18 digits, no spaces. (Solution code has been corrected from an earlier version.)
Comments
on 2. March 2022, 10:28 by Markyboy
Very good, got stuck at the end and read the comment about the constraints on the 3 cell arrow. Yes, that is what get's it over the line
>> I'm glad you enjoyed it and that the comment helped with the final push!
on 13. February 2022, 03:49 by FullDeck-Missing
Corrected tags
on 3. February 2022, 10:08 by Noggin
Very Nice, Thank You
>> We're glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
on 31. January 2022, 14:37 by TheRiddler
Quite approachable and entertaining at the beginning; towards the end, the puzzle got quite brutal for me and I had to use some brute-force elimination of several candidates. Maybe I missed some easier logical steps...
>> Thanks for the feedback! The fact that all three arrows remain in the same box with the sun lets you eliminate some possibilities based on the total of the arrow cells being 4x the bulb value, leaving the remaining two cells in box 3 somewhat constrained.
