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Dutch Flat Mates (Zipper Lines)

(Published on 6. December 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.

Zipper Lines:
Pairs of digits an equal distance from the centre of a Zipper Line sum to the same total. For odd-length lines, the total is the digit placed in the line's central digit.
Digits may repeat on a Zipper Line.

For convenience, centres of:
- Odd-length lines are highlighted with a bump/dot.
- Even-length lines are highlighted with a diamond.

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Previous puzzles in this series:
Dutch Flat Mates 1: Classic
Dutch Flat Mates 2: Thermometers
Dutch Flat Mates 3: German Whispers
Dutch Flat Mates 4: Region Sum Lines
Dutch Flat Mates 5: Sandwich Sums
Dutch Flat Mates 6: Little Killer
Dutch Flat Mates 7: Kropki
Dutch Flat Mates 8: Zipper Lines
Dutch Flat Mates 9: Renban (13 Dec) - GoodCity

Thanks for playing the puzzles in this series. GoodCity has sent me a really good Renban version; and barring any issues I'm hopeful they will share it with you in the usual time slot next week. :)

Solution code: All digits from Row 9.

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Comments

on 5. July 2024, 19:52 by virus_dave
Fun and cute puzzle

on 9. February 2024, 01:54 by ViKingPrime
So good. Thank goodness you're so consistent with this series; I'm going to need another fix soon!

on 9. December 2023, 14:57 by Flinty
Thank you for the kind comments. <3

on 8. December 2023, 22:59 by anyeyeball
Thanks for all the Dutch Flat Mate puzzles. Every one is a gem.

on 6. December 2023, 23:20 by sujoyku
Thank you for setting and sharing this beautiful puzzle, Flinty! Your creativity in combining the Dutch flat mates constraint with all other sorts of rule sets is simply amazing.

on 6. December 2023, 13:41 by goodcity
Thank you for this brillant and original serie ! The zipper lines constraint worked really well on this one.
Thank you also for announcing the puzzle I will publish next week !

on 6. December 2023, 12:44 by Stingrayy
Wonderful puzzle with nice interaction of the rules.

Difficulty:2
Rating:94 %
Solved:137 times
Observed:7 times
ID:000G2C

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