The Last Dance
(Published on 14. March 2022, 06:11 by wildhound007)
The Last Dance
This puzzle is in memory of my late mother who passed away in June 2020. I hope I made her proud
Rules:
1. Normal sudoku rules apply
2. Digits along an arrow sum up to digit in the circle.
3. In cages, digits sum to the total in the top left hand corner
4. Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 relationship, ALL dots are given.
5. The clue outside the grid indicates the sum of the digits along the indicated diagonal.
Solution code: Enter Row 2 and Row 4 digits. Do not use spaces
Comments
on 11. August 2023, 01:30 by nomos
I restarted this thing a few times completely missing the negative constraint, until I noticed right at the end of solve go. That would have made this far easier.
on 2. May 2022, 11:43 by wildhound007
@raretypeoffox I am looking at doing a 2nd version of this. I will take your comments on board. Thanks for telling me
on 11. April 2022, 20:22 by raretypeoffox
The negative constraint here is very powerful and allows you to remove a few elements if you wanted to increase the difficulty slightly. I was able to complete this puzzle without using the killer cages in the SW, SE and NE corners (i.e. the 12, 16 and 18 cages).
on 31. March 2022, 17:21 by wildhound007
@ako Thanks for the kind words. What did you think of the 33 clue at the end?
on 29. March 2022, 02:51 by ako
Great interplay. Might have gone even smoother, hadn't I forgotten avout the negative constraint; hadn't imagined it that powerful. Great, surprising finale too.
on 25. March 2022, 00:38 by wildhound007
@slowbiex The 33 clue was there to disambiguates the 5 and 7, while keeping it looking similar. But I'm happy you liked it.
on 17. March 2022, 09:29 by BePeace
Beautiful puzzle and a great use of the black kropki constraint!
on 15. March 2022, 09:54 by slowbiex
liked it, even if I almost missed the 33 clue in the end which disambiguates the 57 situation.
