Zany Zipper Snake
(Published on 15. February 2024, 00:00 by starwarigami)
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A Zany Zipper snake is heading to the Sudoku variant museum to check out the new exhibits. It enters the museum through one of the 4 exits (Corners) and wants to visit every exhibit (Box) exactly once, then leave the museum by a different exit.
The snake consists of a single path of orthogonally connected cells that never touches itself orthogonally (diagonally is fine).
Pairs of digits along the snake an equal distance from the middle of the snake must sum to the same number. If the snake is of odd length, the middle digit is equal to that sum.
Solve the sudoku such that there exists a unique path for the snake through the museum.
All standard variant rules apply.
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Museum Guide
- Exhibit 1: German Whispers. Digits along the green line must differ by at least 5
- Exhibits 2 and 6: Kropki Dots. Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot must be in the ratio 2:1
- Exhibit 3: XV. Digits separated by a V sum to 5.
- Exhibit 4: Killer Cages. Digits in a cage must sum to the indicated total.
- Exhibit 5: Quadruples. The digit in the circle must appear in one of the four surrounding squares.
- Exhibit 7: Arrows. Digits along the arrow sum to the number shown in the attached circle.
- Exhibit 8: Min/Max. The digit in the grey cell must be less than every orthogonally adjacent digit.
- Exhibit 9: Thermometers. Digits along the thermometer increase from the bulb end.
Solution code: Row 5 (left to right) - 9 digits, no spaces
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Solved by asver, Calvinball, fopkovic, echidna, Sonki, Smoncko, maxwork1113, marcmees, Qashqai4eg, GertVonnegut, mackerel, Briks, NRB, jonmag, drrrr, bansalsaab, Isael, Tompzini, jkuo7, pisiform, dogfarts, ZornsLemon, salsais, Sewerin, SashaBu, PippoForte
Comments
on 16. February 2024, 12:31 by Qashqai4eg
An easy start, but struggling to go out of the first 2 boxes. Also a little confused with a killer cage of 45, as it gives absolutely nothing.
on 16. February 2024, 11:48 by marcmees
Very nice but imo harder than 3*. thanks.
on 16. February 2024, 05:24 by KyleBaran
Looking forward to Devious Dutch and Quizzical Quad snakes
on 15. February 2024, 12:00 by fopkovic
Brilliant. Thanks for the tour!