Barbell Thermos
(Published on 9. December 2023, 00:00 by Bonehead)
This should be about 2 to 2.5 stars, but does have a trickier bit of logic near the end.
Rules.
Classic sudoku rules apply.
Cages total to the value shown in their top left corner.
Pink lines are a set of consecutive digits in any order.
The darker grey circle on its' own is an odd digit.
The less than signs point to the lower digit.
Grey lines act as both between lines and thermometer values. (the values between the enclosing circle numbers must strictly ascend or descend along the line and do so in the same order as the enclosing circles). Eg. For enclosing circles 1 and 6: 13456 is ok but 15436 is not.
The Puzzle.
CTC version with solution check here
Enjoy and please comment if you like this. It is appreciated. Thank you.
Solution code: Row 9 followed by column 9 as 18 digits, no spaces
Comments
on 11. December 2023, 00:40 by PinkNickels
Really liked this one. Was able to flow through it nicely. thanks for sharing with us
@PinkNickels. Thank you.
on 9. December 2023, 04:30 by rameshsrivats
Very nice puzzle. The ruleset made for a smooth solve, except a mild hiccup at the end. Thanks.
@rameshrivats. Yep, there is the
try this digit bit at the end and it results in a cell that cant be filled. Easiest way is doing that with the very last cell which only has 2 options by then. Thanks for the solve.
