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Vibrations (Killer, Thermo)

(Published on 30. September 2023, 17:01 by Niverio)

Throughout the years of my setting career I have sat down a few times to try and do something cool with thermometers. In most of my attempts I failed miserably, but I at least learned which sorts of deductions I liked and which ones I did not. And after another attempt at setting, I came up with this one. Hope you enjoy! I found some of the deductions to be pretty intricate, but maybe there are alternate ways to think about them.

Rules:
Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 into each row, column and outlined 3x3 box without repeats.
Killer: Digits inside a cage sum to the total given in the top left corner. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.
Thermometer: Digits along a thermometer strictly increase starting from the bulb end.

Puzzle Links: You can solve this puzzle in either F-Puzzles or in the CTC Software.

Solution code: Column 8, top to bottom.


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Comments

on 12. October 2023, 22:26 by Mr.Menace
What clean execution of some very neat logic! Great job, Niverio!

on 12. October 2023, 15:07 by glum_hippo
I loved the start of this puzzle, but got stuck in the middle for a while, until I finally grabbed a certain digit, tied it to a chair, and interrogated it until it gave up its position.

on 5. October 2023, 09:53 by Bankey
That was beautiful! Thanks, @ Niverio :).

on 4. October 2023, 14:43 by madhupt
Extremely hard but an incredible puzzle! Really got stuck at several points. Thanks for sharing!

on 2. October 2023, 21:31 by Perladel
Very clever interactions!

on 2. October 2023, 16:27 by yuanbangod
good

on 2. October 2023, 14:25 by karlmortenlunna
I really liked this one! Very nice logic.

on 1. October 2023, 17:53 by Piatato
Very nice! Just the sort of thing that I enjoy working out. :)

on 1. October 2023, 13:22 by econtrout
Good Logic....hard for me, but solid 4 stars.

on 30. September 2023, 23:18 by CaptZebraCakes
I love thermo puzzles, and this one did not disappoint. Awesome logic throughout. Thanks!

on 30. September 2023, 22:13 by Playmaker6174
Wow that was quite an intricate construction with plenty of mindboggling deductions throughout, I liked how bunch of cells were actually forced at certain points x)

on 30. September 2023, 19:06 by Myxo
Awesome puzzle with some really crazy logic. Very hard for me.

Difficulty:4
Rating:95 %
Solved:127 times
Observed:6 times
ID:000FC4

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