BYOX
(Published on 11. July 2023, 10:10 by randall)
Normal sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-9 exactly once in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
Build your own X-Sums!
Digits on arrows are X-Sum clues. Arrows that span 2 cells are 2-digit clues. e.g. If R1C1 was 1, and R2C2 was 2, you would have built a 12 clue. Standard X-Sums rules apply - the clue is the sum of the N cells in the given direction, where N is the value of the first cell after the arrow in that direction.
German Whispers. Consecutive digits along the green lines must be at least 5 apart.
Play the puzzle here: https://tinyurl.com/bdeuwnch
Solution code: Row 7
Comments
on 17. July 2023, 18:44 by Jds2
By the way, in the link the arrow starting in r1c9 is under the green line and not obvious where it starts. Might want to clarify that in the rules.
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oh, really? That's annoying - it is quite visible in my testing (on Chrome on Mac). I'll update the wording to make it clear... thanks for the feedback!
on 15. July 2023, 22:33 by Myxo
Lovely puzzle, thanks!
on 13. July 2023, 04:49 by marcmees
nice. thanks. (3*?)
-- thank you! I honestly think it's a difficult puzzle to grade for difficulty. There are some 1* deductions, and some really (IMO) 5* tricky ones... Keen to see what it gets rated, if it gets rated...
on 11. July 2023, 19:22 by randall
Corrected notation in example
on 11. July 2023, 18:17 by Bankey
Fun puzzle. Thanks, @ randall :). I think the notations in the given rules need to be modified; what is referred to as R1 and R2 ought to be r1c1 and r2c2.
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Thanks for solving! And yes, you're quite right - I must have pasted in the wrong version. Corrected now!
-randall
