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Sagittarius (Killer Sudoku ft. jovi_al)

(Published on 7. October 2022, 01:39 by purpl)

A while back, jovi_al put a puzzle into CtC testing with a similar setup and I wanted to solve it, but it sat there in my queue for a little while until eventually someone told me it was apparently too hard. Later on, jovi_al put that same setup in the voice chat of the CtC discord and said she wasn't gonna make anything with it. I picked it up and once I understood what was going on, I started tinkering with it. I made a few good puzzles, made many bad puzzles, but eventually settled on something which was different from the puzzle you see here. After I had sent that puzzle around a bit, jovi_al asked if I could not publish it because she had an idea to use that opening. She made a puzzle, but when I tried to test solve it, we couldn't figure it out. However, we both really liked the core of what she added in, so we set out to use our combined abilities to finish this dang puzzle. Finally, we come to the puzzle you are presented with today. I really hope you enjoy it has been a long time coming :D Check out jovi_al's LMD page

tl;dr: me neither lol just do the puzzle

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Digits in cages cannot repeat and must sum to the total given.

Links:

f-puzzles

CtC Webapp

If you enjoyed this puzzle, consider leaving a rating and comment or better yet recommend it to your fellow solvers! I hope you do so for all the puzzles you enjoy ;)

I have a YouTube channel where we discuss puzzles and setting them. Including interviews of Phistomefel, Qodec, KNT, and jovi_al herself.

Solution code: Row 8 followed by column 2 (left to right, top to bottom, 18 digits, no spaces/commas)

Solved by SKORP17, Steven R, cdwg2000, AvonD, Vebby, Myxo, dhv, Gryllulus, thoughtbyte, lsw770770, Bjd, Ood, ademjaz, Piatato, Mad-Tyas, Snookerfan, abed hawila, A FOR BALL, nordloc, TheRiddler, Jesper, laky, ... meixia, Snow the Jam Man, ddx2407, OGRussHood, dogfarts, zorant, PippoForte, Saskia, karen_birgitta, bolado, Tom-dz, humaLautema, PsychedelicCreature, EmX68, noodlehead, Just me, gxorgx, lmdemasi
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Comments

on 11. October 2022, 17:28 by Christounet
Funny how the puzzle got harder after the first steps. Got stuck for a little bit until I realized I needed to put some color into this. Very clever construction !

on 9. October 2022, 22:46 by twototenth
Gorgeous; significantly more intricate than I expected at first, but a joy at every step.

on 7. October 2022, 21:17 by Perladel
I loved the logics of the cages in the central box. A true masterpiece

on 7. October 2022, 20:00 by Playmaker6174
Lovely puzzle! Took a while to figure out some of the weird tricks in this one, but they're wonderful to see :)

on 7. October 2022, 18:59 by a2k
Great one!

on 7. October 2022, 17:12 by DaniK
Very good puzzle! I really enjoyed it :)

on 7. October 2022, 13:08 by Snookerfan
Very pretty and lovely puzzle, thank you!

on 7. October 2022, 11:51 by Piatato
Really nice puzzle, as one could only expect from that preface :-)

on 7. October 2022, 11:50 by ademjaz
Wonderful!

on 7. October 2022, 08:40 by thoughtbyte
Fantastic, thanks!

on 7. October 2022, 04:19 by Vebby
Beautiful!

on 7. October 2022, 03:04 by cdwg2000
Very nice!

Last changed on 7. October 2022, 02:23

on 7. October 2022, 02:15 by Steven R
Gorgeous! All those puzzle iterations paid off.

Difficulty:4
Rating:94 %
Solved:75 times
Observed:8 times
ID:000BJK
Puzzle variant Online solving tool
Sudoku, Killer (Variant)

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