Slingshot Sudoku
Apply classic sudoku rules.
Arrows in the grid point from a cell with digit N towards the same digit N, where the digit in the cell with the arrow indicates how many cells the digit N is away from the cell with the arrow, without counting the cell with the arrow itself.
Solve online in Penpa+ (thx Nick Smirnov!)
Solution code: Row 9, followed by column 7.
on 9. June 2022, 03:42 by KeenanN
I had never seen this ruleset before but it played out really well!
on 8. June 2022, 19:51 by Richard
Added link for online solving. Thx Nick!
on 8. June 2022, 19:10 by ScatterBrain
Never heard of this variation. Very nice. Thanks!
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Reply: The variant is invented by Stephane Bura and included in my SVS: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0006BL
Stephane's original puzzle: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0000003xc
on 8. June 2022, 05:53 by Big Tiger
If I hadn't had previous practice with slingshots it probably would have been harder. As it was, it was enjoyable without being torture.
on 8. June 2022, 05:17 by glum_hippo
Very easy to make a mistake and get flung out into the outer reaches of space by these slingshots! But it's still fun.
on 8. June 2022, 01:20 by Nick Smirnov
Penpa:
https://tinyurl.com/27xbc7k5