Equality Cages 111: Searching for 5s
(Published on 10. November 2023, 23:45 by gUBBLOR)
My 11th puzzle featuring Equality Cages. The previous and next puzzle in the series:
Equality Cages 110: Between a cage and a hard place
Equality Cages 112: Entropic modularity
All my series:
Equality Cages
EquaLite Cages
Shifter Lines
Shifter Dots
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.
Equality cages: Cages must have an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits. Equality cages can never contain 5. Digits may not repeat in a cage.
Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. Not all dots are shown.
X: Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10. Not all X's are shown.
Search 5: Each arrow points to the closest 5 in that direction, where the digit on the arrow is how many cells away the 5 is. For example, lets say there's an arrow in R1C1 pointing to the right. If R1C1 was a 1, R1C2 would have to be 5. If R1C1 was 8, the 5 would have to be in R1C9. There may be multiple arrows pointing to the same 5, and it's not necessary for every 5 to have an arrow pointing to it.
Solve here:
Sudokupad
Video featuring the puzzle:
Sudoku Sleuth
Solution code: Row 2 left to right and column 3 top to bottom - no spaces.
Last changed on on 9. March 2024, 18:33
Solved by ludvigr04, lmdemasi, Rex, Invintic, DanishDynamite, ukjohnd, Tompzini, Xerix, tweak42, heliosfant, jalebc, scushuaishuai, EFlatMinor, cathematician, escutcheon, Felis_Timon, bergelfe, seeppp, ... GorgeousNicko, chain.reader, timww572, PippoForte, yusuf17, fab_minimal, duckling, ManuH, latters176, KingIsulgard, jsxft, Jaspaco, Matthew Humphrey, elloschmello, me and the paws, Faaip, AlexandraV
Comments
on 9. March 2024, 18:33 by gUBBLOR
Added links
on 28. January 2024, 09:50 by gUBBLOR
Added video link to the puzzle being solved
on 12. December 2023, 23:29 by gUBBLOR
Added some links
on 11. November 2023, 01:11 by Rex
Thanks. Love the arrow logic!