It's only the break-in that's hard
(Published on 28. August 2023, 01:35 by HalfBakedLunatic)
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
• A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. All dots are shown.
• The digits along each arrow must sum to the digit in the circled cell.
Solve Online here:
It's only the break-in that's hard (Cracking The Cryptic)
It's only the break-in that's hard (F-Puzzles)
Enjoy the puzzle, and please leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
SPOILER ALERT: Many of my family and friends don't understand the 'variant' Sudoku puzzles or the type of logic used for a puzzle like this, so I recorded a quick video that explains the break-in logic for this one: It's only the break-in that's hard - Explanation Video
Solution code: Column 8, top to bottom
Comments
on 29. August 2023, 17:21 by mbrandtwls
I saw your post on LinkedIn so I had to try this one. Sweeeeet. The opening is very clever, quite tricky. The rest is just as hard, but more 'brute force Sudoku' which is fine by me! More please!
on 29. August 2023, 17:06 by VitP
The break-in is the only "easy" part of this puzzle. That's because you at least have something to bite on. Once you finish the left 3 boxes, and have goodliffed col 4 and row 5, you have to search a completely empty grid, cell by cell, to find anything at all, with nothing to go on.
-- Thanks VitP. My thinking (perhaps erroneously) was that the break-in requires "unusual" logic which seems next to impossible if you don't see the trick to it. I have some ideas for a follow up :-)
on 29. August 2023, 13:44 by Criptonight
Super! Hoe kan iemand dit minder dan 100% beoordelen? Het is een mooie puzzel.
on 28. August 2023, 16:56 by BobAndWeave
Your puzzles just get more and more beautiful, this is a work of art. Pure genius! I watched the video after going through a far more complicated break in path.
on 28. August 2023, 06:13 by Dermerlin
For me the 2nd half was harder than the break-in
-- Yeah, you might be right. I put so much work into "designing" the opening sequence, but now that I've gone back and worked through the whole thing a few more times, there are certainly some tricky bits!
on 28. August 2023, 02:06 by HalfBakedLunatic
Adding link to Explanation Video
