Modern Romance
(Published on 14. April 2022, 20:03 by zetamath)
Normal sudoku rules apply. The digits are dating. They have formed three couples and one throuple (a couple but with three people). The make-ups of these relationships are to be discovered.
A heart between two digits indicates that those two digits are in a relationship. All Hearts are given.
Clues outside the grid give the sum of the digits between the outermost members of the throuple in that row. For example, if 123 are the digits in the throuple, and the last row is 46 1(935)2 87 then the clue would be 17 (9+3+5).
Have fun, leave a comment if you enjoy the puzzle!
Solution code: Row 1 followed by Row 9
Comments
on 15. August 2022, 14:16 by washyleopard
The instructions in the sudokupad link are missing the "1" in the example row before the (935)
on 25. May 2022, 00:20 by Sumyrda
I loved both the colouring in the first part and the math in the second part, even though the math part was a bit too easy for my taste. The colouring was right at the sweet spot for me. Difficult enough to make it interesting but easy enough to make it enjoyable.
on 17. May 2022, 21:30 by OGRussHood
Thanks to coloring and the negative constraint, I used the phrase "play gooseberry" more times in this puzzle than in any other puzzle I've done over the past 2 1/2 years. Another masterpiece!
on 3. May 2022, 09:54 by Crusader175
Very fun coloring puzzle!
on 21. April 2022, 12:08 by Xendari
"Normal sudoku rules apply. The digits are dating" is now my favourite two-sentence string XD. great puzzle!
on 16. April 2022, 21:43 by Niverio
A very fun coloring exercise! Thanks Zetamath!
on 15. April 2022, 14:15 by Kussi77
I liked the two stage approach. Having a solved puzzle without a single digit in the grid
