Story and rules:
In Winter of 1959, five musicians did a tour of the Midwestern US, three are well remembered for dying in a plane crash before being able to finish the tour, but two survived to complete the tour.
White dots represent the snowflakes that fell, and digits on either side of them must be consecutive.
Black dots represent the three musicians thrown from the wreck, and digits on either side of them are in a 1:2 ratio.
Arrows represent the maps that were drawn to guide the group on the tour, and all the digits on an arrow add up to the digit in the circle.
Xs represent the ten places they performed before their very last in Clear Lake, Iowa, and digits on either side of an X add up to ten.
Thermos represent the cold temperatures they faced throughout the tour, and digits on them decrease from the tip.
Killer cages represent the plane that the trio died on, and all digits in the cages don’t repeat, and they add up to the number in the top left corner if given.
The between line represents Dion Dimucci and Frankie Sardo, as between them, and the bands of the main performers, they had to finish the tour, and digits on the between line are in between the digits on each of the circles.
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Not all possible clues are given.
Sven's Sudoku Pad link: Sven's Sudoku pad
Fpuzzles Link: Fpuzzles
Solution code: Column 7
on 1. October 2023, 03:02 by PastTenseOfDraw
Love the way the stripping played out.
Failing to see a white kropki stalled me out at the end.
on 30. September 2023, 05:04 by 99%Sneaky
A kind tribute and a kind puzzle, thanks JohnGisMe
on 30. September 2023, 03:29 by MarkSud
Nice puzzle but probably only a 1 star
on 30. September 2023, 03:28 by ScienceNerd2240
Beautiful puzzle, great reference to go along with it!
on 30. September 2023, 03:12 by ScienceNerd2240
*starts singing* "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie...."