2023
(Published on 22. December 2023, 05:33 by Die Hard)
Intro
2023 was a amazing year in puzzling. Two of the greatest innovations were:
- "Zipper" lines, invented by Jaze.
- "Circle" rules, invented by Marty Sears.
This is a tribute to these two wonderful setters.
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in cages cannot repeat and must sum to the cage total. Digits an equal distance from the center of a lavender zipper line must sum to the same total. For odd length lines, the total is the digit in the center of the line. A digit on a zipper line also indicates how many times that digit appears on all zipper lines.
Play on SudokuPad
Please leave a comment if you complete this puzzle.
Cracking the Cryptic Solve
This puzzle was solved on CtC:
Watch the SolveNote that the puzzle Simon solved was modified so that the 2-cell zipper line was instead a palindrome, which makes the puzzle considerably easier than the original.
Solution code: All 9 digits from column 9.
Comments
on 8. January 2024, 03:03 by Die Hard
Added link to the Cracking the Cryptic solve.
on 28. December 2023, 02:22 by ViKingPrime
What a joy this puzzle was, from start to finish.
on 24. December 2023, 06:42 by PKMKII
Absolutely brilliant use of the zipper rules, and the unwinding is tricky but fair
on 23. December 2023, 19:40 by DarrenBurnett
A fantastic use of the new rules.
on 23. December 2023, 02:00 by BenTen
I agree with you about the two ruleset innovations and this puzzle showcases some of the beautiful logic they can create.
on 22. December 2023, 15:58 by Jrosas
Inspired
on 22. December 2023, 12:58 by argl
brilliant
this one's for ctc i hope they pick it up
on 22. December 2023, 08:54 by Bankey
Fun puzzle. Thanks, @ Die Hard :).
