The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine
(Published on 19. February 2023, 05:51 by glum_hippo)
Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column, and irregular 9-cell region, without repeats. Also, there is a scattered region comprising the central cell and the eight circles at the ends of between lines. This region also may not contain repeats.
Digits in a cage also may not repeat, and they sum to the total given in the top left corner.
Cells along lines between two circles must have values strictly between the values within the circles.
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The title is an homage to the great Donald Barthelme.
Solution code: The 7th row, then the 7th column (18 digits total).
Comments
on 23. February 2023, 19:04 by glum_hippo
Thanks for all your feedback, Piatato, Playmaker, grkles, tallcat, Elliott, and Niverio.
on 21. February 2023, 21:19 by Piatato
Cool puzzle! Quite intricate, but also weirdly elegant. :)
on 21. February 2023, 18:59 by Playmaker6174
A tough and intricate puzzle, yet a really really elegant one too with lots of cool ideas all over, found it funny how the logic become so asymmetrical and 'random' later on xd
on 21. February 2023, 03:02 by tallcat
A very clever and intricate construction. Personally, I found this very very hard, though. 5* for me
on 19. February 2023, 15:33 by grkles
Gorgeous logic!
on 19. February 2023, 15:16 by glum_hippo
Difficulty rating to 4 stars
on 19. February 2023, 15:09 by Niverio
Tough but very cool :)
on 19. February 2023, 14:33 by Elliott810
Brilliant construction! For me 4* difficulty. Thanks:)
