Dutch Flat Mates (Friendly Cells)
(Published on 7. February 2024, 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.
Friendly Cells
Digits in a circle must match that circles Row, Column or Box number.
For example R2C3 must be either a 1 (Box), 2 (Row), or 3 (Column).
All circles are given!
To play this puzzle please click here: Play CTC
Please give this a chance, I promise it is approachable once you appreciate the constraints.
Special Thanks
- goodcity for sharing the setting of this series with me.
- antiknight for an excellent puzzle using the constraint.
Link: 5's live in Foggy Flats (FOW) - nurator for the puzzle that inspired mine.
Link: Circle of Friends
Previous puzzles in this series:
- Classic
- Thermometers
- German Whispers
- Region Sum Lines
- Sandwich Sums
- Little Killer
- Kropki
- Zipper Lines
- Renban - By GoodCity
- Nabner - By GoodCity
- Skyscrapers - By GoodCity
- Dutch Whispers
- Killer Cages
- Arrows
- Ten Lines
- 159 + Even - By GoodCity
Solution code: Digits from Row 4
Comments
on 9. February 2024, 18:13 by antiknight
Amazing puzzle with lovely deductions and ending!
on 7. February 2024, 21:03 by Nurator
Nice! Amazing how you found another valid grid with only 27 circles. The additional constraint was fun to play around with :)
on 7. February 2024, 16:17 by goodcity
Really nice tribute to Nurator who created a great approachable puzzle using this constraint. Thank you !
on 7. February 2024, 15:14 by ViKingPrime
Love it. Love everything about it. Brilliant use of the constraint (definitely need to go check out the inspiration for this). Incredible as always.
on 7. February 2024, 12:02 by anyeyeball
It is very friendly of you to make all these Dutch Flats sudokus. This one was exceptional. Thanks.
