Wormholes
(Published on 15. June 2023, 01:45 by ThePedallingPianist)
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Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Digits along a thermometer increase from bulb to tip.
Some of the thermometers enter a blue circle ("wormhole"), increase and emerge at a red circle, and continue to increase thereafter. Every thermometer that emerges from a wormhole must have entered elsewhere.
To clarify the rules, red circles must be greater than (not equal to) their associated blue circles.
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Solution code: Top row, left to right (9 digits)
Comments
on 1. March 2025, 01:06 by Lorena
If setting were a degree, this puzzle would be taught in every university.
on 1. February 2024, 18:53 by heliopolix
Playing with portals is always fun!
on 16. June 2023, 16:27 by Snookerfan
Thank you again for the fun puzzle!
on 16. June 2023, 14:23 by argl
Really enjoyable, thank you!
on 16. June 2023, 02:53 by ThePedallingPianist
Rule clarification.
on 16. June 2023, 01:57 by Silverscree
Does the thermo increase as it goes from blue to red, or is it the same value in both?
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A red circle is always greater than its associated blue circle.
You wouldn't believe how long I spent umming and ahhing about the wording of those rules, and I think the "increase and emerge" bit makes that fairly clear, but nothing I wrote seemed to be completely concise and unambiguous! Thank you for pointing it out :)
