Counting the Hours
(Published on 26. January 2024, 04:31 by juggler)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
COUNTING CIRCLES: A digit in a circle indicates how many times that digits appears in any circle.
ANTI-KING: Cells a king's move apart cannot have the same digit.
CLOCKS: The three cages represent clocks, which are all displaying the same time.
- A 24-hour digital clock with the format [HH:MM]
- A 12-hour digital clock with the format [H:MM].
- An analogue clock. The hour hand points to a circle representing the hour, and the minute hand points to a circle representing the minute. The circle(s) pointed to are the only ones showing the number that would appear in that position on an actual clock.
Example: if it were 8:45, the hour hand would point to R6C3 which would have an 8, and the minute hand would point to R5C3 which would have a 9.
ALARM CLOCKS: The grey squares are 24-hour digital alarm clocks with format |mͪmͪ|. They are set to ring 55 minutes apart from each other.
Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 31. January 2024, 20:15 by mrjide80
I think there's something in the rules I don't understand. Because how can you have a 12-hour clock with only 1H number and then a 24-hour clock with 2H numbers that would put a zero in the first slot?
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juggler: maybe try a time later in the day?
on 26. January 2024, 23:43 by Kawkaz
Highly entertaining puzzle, recommend all to give it a try.
It wasn't easy, but I felt I never really got stuck, amazing flow.
on 26. January 2024, 23:00 by ashisstuff
love how this unfolds alongside the unstated implications of the rules :)
on 26. January 2024, 15:18 by Bankey
Very creative use of clocks and circles. Thanks for the fun puzzle, @ juggler :).
on 26. January 2024, 06:50 by MonsieurTRISTE
What if the minute hand or the hour hand does not point to a number, like if the time is 8:46 then both minute hand and hour hand point to somewhere between the numbers, then, I may assume, that none of the 12 circles show the correct number?
