Twisted Knights Whispering (featured in CtC)
(Published on 15. January 2023, 22:59 by FinnishGuy)
Twisted Knights Whispering
Rules:
1. Twisted Sudoku rules: Populate the grid with digits 1-9 so that no digit repeats in any row, column, or cage.
2. Knight's move: Identical digits cannot be placed on a knight's move (in chess) apart.
3. German Whispers: Adjacent digits along a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
4. Palindrome: Grey lines are palindromes, which read the same forwards and backwards.
4. Kropki, no negative constraint: Of the cells separated by a black dot, one is double the other. Cells separated by a white dot are consecutive. Not all dots are given.
Watch Mark's solve of this puzzle on Cracking the Cryptic
I hope you enjoy the puzzle. Feel free to leave comments.
Try also my other Sudoku puzzles
Solution code: Center cage, top row to bottom row (9 digits, no commas or spaces)
Comments
on 26. February 2023, 13:30 by Onkel_Charlie
I completely forgot to use the knights move, had a fun time nonetheless.
on 25. February 2023, 11:01 by FinnishGuy
Added CtC video link
on 24. February 2023, 22:54 by halftime
Very fun puzzle! My solve had different phases where I was making different types of deductions, which was very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
on 24. February 2023, 02:32 by Hazem-77
Nice puzzle. but it could be solved without using the knight rule (i just forgot to use it xD).
---
Thanks @Hazem-77. It is true - the anti-knight rule is actually redundant. Not using it would slightly increase the difficulty level. I believe the solve is more enjoyable when the rule is used.
on 18. January 2023, 22:54 by Orpheus
This was super fun. I felt like every realization was a surprise. Thank you for sharing!!
on 17. January 2023, 16:05 by juhish
Olipas hauska, kiitos!
---
Eipä kestä, kiva kun ratkaisit.
on 17. January 2023, 13:48 by Snookerfan
Very nice approachable puzzle! Thank you
---
Thanks @Snookerfan. Happy that you found it approachable. Solving this puzzle requires quite a few deductions, but all of them should be fairly straight forward.
on 17. January 2023, 11:53 by wilsig
Very enjoyable puzzle. Thank you!
on 17. January 2023, 10:23 by Rawcoder
I absolutely loved it. For me it was quite hard, but I always found pieces of logic that kept me going.
on 17. January 2023, 03:26 by DiMono
That one cell that you left green in box 9 threw me off for a minute :D
---
Whoops. Missed that one. I will edit the puzzle to take it out when I find a moment to do so.
on 16. January 2023, 01:26 by sacklunch
Interesting layout, I enjoyed that solve! Thank you for setting :)
on 16. January 2023, 00:04 by slowbiex
fun coloring experience!
thanks for setting.
