Arrow Sudoku Snack (Irregular 7x7 sudoku)
(Published on 27. March 2023, 19:48 by sujoyku)
- Normal irregular 7x7 Sudoku rules apply, i.e. each row, column and region has to contain the digits from 1 to 7.
- Arrows: Digits on an arrow sum to the digit in the circle from which the arrow emerges.
- Diagonals: On the main diagonals digits do not repeat.
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 7 followed by Column 7, from left to right resp. from top to bottom (14 digits in total)
Comments
on 8. December 2024, 23:21 by MattYDdraig
Very clever design. I like how it felt like a colouring puzzle except without needing to colour because the numbers did the work.
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Thank you for your comment, MattYDdraig! One can treat this as a colouring puzzle. But as you rightfully pointed out, the colours can be disambiguated early on. Anyhow, I am glad you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 20. August 2024, 12:33 by sujoyku
changed sudokupad solving link to include solution check (many thanks to garycblack for providing that link!), no changes to the content of the puzzle
on 20. August 2024, 06:27 by garycblack
SudokuPad solution link:
https://sudokupad.app/q8g5lbobv9
Took half the time to solve than to find the first digit. Pretty quick but tricky break in!
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Thank you for your comment, garycblack, and thank you for providing the solving link (which I will include in the puzzle page above)! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle. What I liked about it was that, on first sight, it seems to be completely symmetrical which (having a unique solution) it cannot be.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 3. March 2024, 14:02 by Bunglejohn
Perfect rating. Good fun
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Thank you for the comment, Bunglejohn! Nice to hear that you liked the puzzle and had a fun solve.
Kind regard, sujoyku
on 6. September 2023, 00:16 by cascadeshiker
Very nice puzzle.. I loved the symmetry. I'm still a noob at this. I wanted to use coloring but couldn't figure out how. In the end I just used trial and error to find the option that worked.
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Thank you for your comment, cascadeshiker! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle. You could have used colouring, but I admit that it is not obvious where to start it. (To avoid spoilers, I do not want to get more explicit here. In a hidden comment below, I have explained some parts of my intended solve path.)
The main task is to understand the diagonal arrows and how to disambiguate the horizontal ones.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 26. June 2023, 23:42 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Great and very aesthetic puzzle, thank you, sujoyku! :)
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Thank you for your comment, Lenivaya_Joppa! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 22. May 2023, 02:24 by RussKozerski
What is a robot's favorite snack? Computer chips.
What is a sea monster's favorite snack? Ships and dip.
What is an astronaut's favorite snack? Space chips.
What is a duck's favorite snack? Cheese and quackers.
Thanks for the fun puzzle.
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Thank you for your comment, RussKozerski. I am glad that you had a fun solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 7. May 2023, 06:18 by AdrianSimple
This is my first solve on Logic Masters and it took me a solid few hours to figure this one out! I got a decent amount of the way through, I think with the intended path, before getting stumped on resolving the horizontal arrows. Thanks so much :)
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Congratulations on your solve, AdrianSimple, and thank you for your nice comment! Concerning the intended solve path, you may find some explanation in the discussion I had with ViperDvsh in a hidden comment below.
I feel honoured that you invested so much time in my puzzle and I am glad that you had a fun solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. April 2023, 21:52 by Superdamicobros
Enjoyed this a lot. Got to practice my coloring.
on 25. April 2023, 13:50 by Superdamicobros
Enjoyed this a lot. Got to practice my coloring.
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Thank you for your comment, Superdamicobros! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 15. April 2023, 18:12 by ViperDvsh
I'm somewhat of a beginner at Sudoku Variations so I had little bit of struggle with this. I sadly needed to guess one thing because I couldn't find the clue to progress. But still an amazing puzzle. Thank you for the good time I had with it!
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Thank you for your kind comment, ViperDvsh, and congratulations on the solve! I am glad that you had a good time with the puzzle. If you like me to give you some clarification about the step where you had to guess, feel free to write a hidden comment and I will tell you how it is resolved in my intended solve path.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 31. March 2023, 15:56 by Margrietina
I probably made it way more difficult for me by my eventual approach to solving than it probably should have been or than experienced players would have made it, but had lots, lots of fun with all the coloring and stuff anyways. Thank you! :)
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Hey Margrietina, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle. If you like to share your solve path and compare it with mine or others, you may describe your reasoning in a hidden comment.
In my opinion, the hardest bit is to disambiguate the two horizontal arrows.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. March 2023, 18:18 by TomMalufe
I figured I only had 2 options for the circle numbers and was happy to see how it resolved so quickly. I'm always intimidated by puzzles with no given numbers (even 1 stars), but this one didn't take me too long, so I'm pretty proud of myself. Thanks!
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Thank you for your comment, TomMalufe! I am happy that you enjoyed the puzzle.
While setting I first thought I had to add an X-clue (adjacent digits summing to 10) to disambiguate the arrows. It was a nice surprise when I found out that the combination of arrows, region shapes and diagonal constraint already guarantees a unique solution.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. March 2023, 12:44 by puzzlepandit
Enjoyed it. Thanks to creator sharing this.
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You are welcome, puzzlepandit! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. March 2023, 08:41 by DarrenBurnett
I had to reattempt this a few times. Very enjoyable once I got it right :)
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Hey DarrenBurnett,
thank you for giving my puzzle a try and congratulations on solving! I am glad that you enjoyed it.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. March 2023, 08:36 by Something Wellesian
Very enjoyable. Took my cue from your last puzzle and used letters to narrow down the options for the pairs.
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Thank you for your comment, Something Wellesian!
on 28. March 2023, 00:26 by Snaques
Very nicely done. Sure it's on the easier side, but it still had a couple of clever clues you had to figure out. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Hey Snaques, thank you for your feedback! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. March 2023, 20:05 by PinkNickels
Great one!
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Thank you for your kind comment, PinkNickels! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
