Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy
(Published on 15. July 2023, 15:49 by HalfBakedLunatic)
The Rules
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Digits along each renban line (purple) must be a set of consecutive digits in any order, and must not repeat
• Cells along lines between two grey circles must have values between those in the circles
• Digits along each thermometer (orange) must increase starting from the bulb end
• Adjacent digits along each German whisper line (green) must have a difference of at least 5
Solve Online here:
Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy (CTC)
Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy (SudokuLab)
Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy (F-Puzzles)
Note: I've added two more givens. The puzzle was solvable, but there were certainly a couple of steps that were not realistically discoverable. (The recursive puzzle checkers show that there is only one unique solution to this grid without ANY given digits, but it's fundamentally unsolvable without extensive bifurcation. My challenge was to decide what given digits to include to set an appropriate level of difficulty!)
Enjoy the puzzle and please let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Digits along each renban line (purple) must be a set of consecutive digits in any order, and must not repeat
• Cells along lines between two grey circles must have values between those in the circles
• Digits along each thermometer (orange) must increase starting from the bulb end
• Adjacent digits along each German whisper line (green) must have a difference of at least 5
Solve Online here:
Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy (CTC)
Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy (SudokuLab)
Don Quixote's Formidable Enemy (F-Puzzles)
Note: I've added two more givens. The puzzle was solvable, but there were certainly a couple of steps that were not realistically discoverable. (The recursive puzzle checkers show that there is only one unique solution to this grid without ANY given digits, but it's fundamentally unsolvable without extensive bifurcation. My challenge was to decide what given digits to include to set an appropriate level of difficulty!)
Enjoy the puzzle and please let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Column 4 top to bottom
Last changed on on 17. January 2024, 01:07
Solved by SKORP17, sanabas, by81996672, Ragna, Banana, RootsInWermland, Criptonight, jalebc, zhergan, PippoForte
Comments
on 17. January 2024, 01:07 by HalfBakedLunatic
Fixing CTC link
on 15. January 2024, 23:13 by HalfBakedLunatic
Adding CTC link
on 17. July 2023, 23:20 by Criptonight
Heel lastig. Heel mooi. Bravo!
Last changed on 16. July 2023, 20:06
on 16. July 2023, 14:34 by Ragna
Thank you for the extra digits, that was very helpful.
-- Thank you for the feedback Ragna, your comments on the first revision were very much appreciated.
on 16. July 2023, 04:58 by HalfBakedLunatic
Added two additional given digits.
