Mean Samurai
(Published on 9. January 2023, 17:11 by JayForty)
Inspired by the efforts of MavericksJD to set a mean mini samurai during a speed setting competition. Great fun to set so I hope you find it enjoyable too!
Each of the coloured areas and the center 4x4 is a 4x4 sudoku grid using four of the digits 1-9. Different areas may use different digits.
Normal German Whispers, Renban, Arrow, Kropki and XV rules apply (no negative restrictions).
- Adjacent digits along a green line must differ by at least 5.
- A pink line contains a set of consecutive numbers, in any order. (In green, there are two separate lines that cross)
- Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the arrow's circle.
- Cells separated by a black dot contain digits in a 1:2 ratio.
- Cells separated by an X contain digits that sum to 10.
Links:
CTC/SudokuPad
Solution code: Row 4 (9 digits) followed by Row 7 (9 digits), no spaces
Comments
on 15. January 2023, 15:54 by Kafkapharnaum
Usually I'm content to just watch the CTC features like I would a series where I don't know what's coming, but after playing mathpesto's excellent Samurai Sandwiches puzzle, that one was just waaay too tempting, and I'm glad I did! :D And it's crazy to think you set this during a speed setting competition!
on 15. January 2023, 13:54 by Klausku
Amazing construction, getting a single solution from 4 non-unique minis. Some very nice logic. Thanks.
on 14. January 2023, 22:38 by Perladel
Very enjoyable puzzle! Honestly not even that hard even if the ending requires some thinking
on 14. January 2023, 22:17 by DiMono
Well this is certainly more difficult than mine, but I still think it's not overly hard. A very nice construction. Congratulations on the CTC feature!
on 12. January 2023, 21:06 by KyleBaran
Havent done minis before. I see a length of 9 cells in a few places. Does that guarantee a unique set of 9 digits, or do squares simply not see eachother?
- Hi! The five 4x4 grids can be viewed as separate puzzles that only interact through the 8 cells that they share where the grids overlap. Hope that answers your question and good luck!
on 12. January 2023, 13:47 by marcmees
Nice. Thanks. solves very smooth. Not as hard as commented below.
on 12. January 2023, 05:31 by KNT
This puzzle shows a whole new dimension to "mean minis". Thanks Jay
on 11. January 2023, 10:32 by slowbiex
tough but amazing!
- Thank you, happy you liked it!
on 10. January 2023, 16:07 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Thank you
- Thank you, much appreciated!
on 10. January 2023, 02:30 by mathpesto
Very clever puzzle! It was a challenge, but super fun :)
- Glad to hear, always hard to estimate the difficulty so I'm happy it has an official rating now! Thanks for the nice comment!
on 9. January 2023, 17:32 by Myxo
Lovely!
- Thank you!
