Scorpius
(Published on 7. April 2022, 20:00 by 10feet)
Scorpius
This puzzle uses a novel constraint I'm calling knotted ropes in combination with the standard quadruples constraint. It makes use of both sums and products with some interesting results.I hope it is a fun and challenging solve. Also, if any setters want to make use of the constraint please let me know so I can try my hand at solving one. Thanks!
Rules
Normal Sudoku rules apply.Knotted Ropes rules apply. On a rope, the product of digits in cells with a knot (shown as a small filled circle) is equal to the sum of the digits in cells without a knot. Digits can repeat on a rope if allowed by other rules.
Quadruples rules apply. Circled digits at cell intersections must be present in one of the four surrounding cells.
Links
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Solution code: Enter the digits of the 5th row left to right followed by the digits of the 9th row left to right
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Solved by PippoForte, Siebuhh, SKORP17, ocaly, starelev5, Bankey, bielaczek, ZornsLemon
Comments
on 3. September 2024, 22:57 by Bankey
Tough but great fun. Thanks, @ 10feet :).
Last changed on 30. April 2022, 23:04
on 29. April 2022, 02:38 by ocaly
underrated puzzle, I liked the break-in. very difficult to see but beautiful once you figured it out.
took me 68:31 minutes to solve it completely.
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Thank you. This one didn't seem to be well received, but perhaps it is just the difficulty of the break-in.
