Quicksand
(Published on 8. October 2022, 08:00 by Nordy)
Here's a chill weekend puzzle with a few surprises. Enjoy!
Rules:
Normal Sudoku, Killer, Palindrome, Kropki, and XV rules apply (with no negative constraints). Detailed explanations below.
Normal Sudoku: Place the digits 1 to 9 in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
Killer Cages: Within cages, digits cannot repeat.
Palindromes: Digits along grey lines must read the same in both directions.
Kropki: Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot must have a ratio of 2:1. Not all dots are necessarily given.
XV: Digits separated by a V must sum to 5. Digits separated by an X must sum to 10. Not all Xs and Vs are necessarily given.
Solve online:
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 13. March 2024, 05:26 by Montikulum
Lovely!
on 13. November 2023, 13:27 by ark29
Really enjoyable. Struggled a bit with box 5
on 15. June 2023, 13:14 by HumanBirdsong
Really enjoyed that! Some tricky logic right at the end, which is always a welcome surprise :)
on 15. June 2023, 12:21 by HumanBirdsong
Really enjoyed that! Some tricky logic right at the end, which is always a welcome surprise :)
on 10. October 2022, 06:07 by thatkyle
Really liked the interaction between the XV's and the cages. Another very fun puzzle from Nordy, thanks Nordy!
on 9. October 2022, 18:40 by Nordy
Thanks everyone for solving and for the nice comments!
on 9. October 2022, 01:49 by Barrels
Very fun!
on 8. October 2022, 22:30 by sacklunch
Very enjoyable, very approachable. Thanks!
on 8. October 2022, 17:08 by sujoyku
Very enjoyable puzzle! I got a little stuck in the end (banging my head while overlooking something "obvious"). The interaction of the cages and XVs gave me a nice start though. Thank you for sharing, Nordy!
on 8. October 2022, 16:55 by Ragna
very elegant :-))
on 8. October 2022, 15:10 by Mellario of Norvos
The end was tricky. Nice puzzle. (:
on 8. October 2022, 13:07 by wentel21
A bit of struggle at the end, but overall a very nice puzzle!
on 8. October 2022, 12:25 by Piatato
Nice and easy, with just a little bit spice :-)
on 8. October 2022, 08:40 by cmb
Just Lovely.
(Has it a sting in the tail!?)
