Sherlock's advice to the good Dr. Watson
(Published on 4. June 2023, 15:36 by HalfBakedLunatic)
As Sherlock said to Watson: Eliminate the impossible and whatever remains - however improbable - must be the truth.
(The trick, of course, is finding out what's impossible.)
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Digits along palindrome lines read the same forwards or backwards
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number in its corner, digits may not repeat within a cage
• Orthogonally adjacent cells do not sum to either 5 or 10 (XV negative constraint)
Enjoy the puzzle, please leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Solve Online here:
Sherlock's advice to the good Dr. Watson (SudokuLab)
Sherlock's advice to the good Dr. Watson (F-Puzzles)
Sherlock's advice to the good Dr. Watson (Cracking The Cryptic)
This puzzle was featured on Cracking The Cryptic, you can watch Simon Anthony's solve of the puzzle here:
Sherlock's advice to the good Dr. Watson (Cracking The Cryptic YouTube Channel)
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Column 5, top to bottom
Comments
on 28. June 2023, 22:37 by DaniK
Delicious puzzle!
on 18. June 2023, 21:53 by HalfBakedLunatic
Here's a link to the "Cracking The Cryptic" YouTube video featuring this puzzle:
https://youtu.be/YbFtBYeUll0
on 14. June 2023, 10:42 by BHUNTER47
The negative constraint was phenomenal.
on 13. June 2023, 21:08 by MatthewDonovan
Really nice puzzle, thank you! :)
on 9. June 2023, 18:38 by dennischen
Incredible use of the negative constraint.
on 5. June 2023, 20:00 by econtrout
Enjoyed the puzzle. The opening logic was pretty cool. Thanks!
on 5. June 2023, 16:14 by HalfBakedLunatic
Thank you @bansalsaab/@Chelo/@Snookerfan - I'm glad you liked it and I appreciate the comments! This one was fun to put together.
on 5. June 2023, 14:05 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Very clever and weird, thank you
on 5. June 2023, 09:12 by Chelo
Greatly rewarding once solved!.. Thank you
on 5. June 2023, 05:04 by bansalsaab
Appropriate advice and beautiful puzzle. Thanks for this.
