Dutch Flat Mates (Thermos)
(Published on 25. October 2023, 11:30 by Flinty)
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
5's live in Dutch Flats
All 5's in the grid must strictly have EITHER; a '1' directly above it AND/OR a '9' directly below it. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.
Examples provided below on an empty grid.
Thermometers
Numbers on a thermometer strictly increase as they move away from the bulb.
This will be a weekly series for as long as my brain allows:
Dutch Flat Mates 1: Classic
Dutch Flat Mates 2: Thermometers
Dutch Flat Mates 3: German Whispers (1 Nov)
Solution code: The digits from Row 4.
Comments
on 3. August 2024, 03:44 by garycblack
I thought that was going to be a lot harder than it was, but the 5's made it highly constrained and it was solved quickly. Fun 1*.
on 18. March 2024, 11:23 by ChinStrap
Very beautiful!
on 12. February 2024, 06:12 by cascadeshiker
Very nice. I really enjoyed the solve. Nice combination of restraints. Thanks.
on 24. November 2023, 21:07 by aaronpossen
I just recently started with solving one-stars. Really liked the logic on this one. Very approachable. Thanks! :)
on 8. November 2023, 14:08 by ViKingPrime
Very fun and very approachable!
on 6. November 2023, 18:39 by Flinty
Puzzle renamed from Dutch Flat Mates 2 to Dutch Flat Mates (Thermos).
on 25. October 2023, 20:29 by Flinty
Thank you for the kind comments. :)
on 25. October 2023, 16:28 by 28righthand
Thats a really nice once you get the first few digits. Looking forward to more in the series :D
on 25. October 2023, 12:14 by nunc
Cool new constraint. I struggled a bit until I got my head around it. But after a while it got flowing. Thank you for this beautiful puzzle.
