Miracle Born
(Published on 21. September 2022, 09:12 by PjotrV)
ctc: https://tinyurl.com/4rmvnpec
On 16th January 2022, my daughter Emma-Sophie was born, welcome to this world! I created this puzzle just before you were born and dedicate it to you! :)
(The reason I am posting this now and not back then, is because my brain was not working, because I didn't have that much sleep and I completely forgot about publishing it. I stumbled upon the puzzle and thought, oh dear I never published it... My daughter is now 8 months, growing well and in good health! :))
Rules:
Fill in the digits 1 to 9 in each row and column without repeats. (Latin square)
All Kropki (black and white) and XV are given!
In other words:
- No orthogonal cells can have a sum of 5.
- No orthogonal cells can have a sum of 10.
- No orthogonal cells can be consecutive.
- No orthogonal cells can have a ratio of 1:2.
Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 22. September 2022, 16:26 by PrimeWeasel
3 star break-in I'd say, the rest is more like 2, felt quite nice to solve though.
PV: Thank you very much :)
on 22. September 2022, 16:22 by Garford
Took myself way to long to solve... I guess it's not m best day today. :D
The puzzle combined with your dedication to your family would make up for about 200% rating. That's not an option, unfortunately. So I stick to a "very nice".
PV: Thank you very much :)
on 21. September 2022, 23:17 by marcmees
congrats to the family.
PV: Thank you very much :)
on 21. September 2022, 18:43 by Raumplaner
Many congrats to you and your family. I hope Emma-Sophie will enjoy this puzzle one day as much as I did.
PV: Thank you very much :) I will definitely indoctrinate her with puzzles :D
on 21. September 2022, 17:59 by Phistomefel
First of all, congratulations to you and your family. The puzzle is nice and I think it is easier than 4 stars. I liked the idea of disambiguating everything with the diamonds. Thank you for the puzzle, Peter! :)
PV: Thank you very much :)
I got different feedback on difficulty, it is always hard to put. But let the solvers decide on what the real difficulty is :)
on 21. September 2022, 17:00 by MonsieurTRISTE
Very nice puzzle! Once you find the picky neighbor, you can solve it smoothly.
PV: Thank you very much :)
on 21. September 2022, 15:51 by tenaliraman
Fun stuff!
And Belated Congratulations!
PV: Thank you very much :)
on 21. September 2022, 12:56 by OutOfMyMindBRB
Brilliant, almost magical :-)
It's a tough puzzle, be fourwarned!
PV: Thank you very much :)
on 21. September 2022, 12:12 by Volkner
This puzzle definitely seems to be broken. A clue or something is missing?
PV: Hi Volkner, maybe my rules weren't clear enough, but I can assure you there is definitely a solution to this puzzle :) (there is also a video on it on YT, search for Zetamath stream #18)
Volkner: Yes, thank you. Completely missed it. Got to chalk this one up as a loss.
PV vs Volkner: 1 - 0 :)
PV: It is not a competition between setter and solver ;) I would rather have lost this and that you would have found the solution :)
