Dutch Flat Mates (Renban)
(Published on 13. December 2023, 11:30 by goodcity)
This puzzle was made to thank Flinty for the creation of all those Dutch Flat Mate puzzles. If you had not play them yet, I advice you to do so.
You can find the others of the serie here.
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.
- Renban line : Digits on a pink line form a set of non-repeating consecutive digits in any order.
The puzzle is available online via CTC-App
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 21. August 2024, 13:53 by geronimo92
Definitely 3 stars, other than that is not serious...
on 9. February 2024, 02:47 by ViKingPrime
Trickier than at first blush! Very clever use of the constraints.
on 14. December 2023, 17:27 by kporadzinski
Excellent puzzle. I also think that should be 3 stars puzzle.
on 13. December 2023, 23:27 by sujoyku
Thank you for setting and sharing this wonderful puzzle, goodcity! For me, the difficulty was 3/5. Whenever I was about to get stuck, I noticed another thing about some of the renbans that kept me going. What a worthy tribute to Flintys variant this is!
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Thank you for your kind comment ! I initially set the difficulty to 3/5 but as usual LMD rating seems lower than my standard !
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Thank you for your quick reply! With my own puzzles, it is the same. Often, the estimated difficulty ends up one point lower than I set it initially. But anyhow, difficulty is highly subjective and whether or not this one is 2/5, it is a great puzzle in any case.
on 13. December 2023, 23:23 by nunc
Loved the flow of this puzzle! Thank you very much.
on 13. December 2023, 15:47 by RtheBen
Beautifully challenging, many thanks
on 13. December 2023, 13:06 by Flinty
Great puzzle and a wonderful addition to the series, thank you so much for setting! :)
on 13. December 2023, 12:14 by Elliott810
Beautiful puzzle! Thanks:)
