Obstinate Odd Snake
(Published on 25. February 2024, 00:00 by starwarigami)
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The Sudoku Variant museum wants to close for the day, but an Obstinate Odd Snake won't leave until it has seen all the exhibits one more time.
It starts at the centre of the museum (R5C5) and wants to visit every exhibit (Box) exactly once before finally leaving the museum through one of the 4 exits (Corners).
The snake consists of a single path of orthogonally connected cells that never touches itself orthogonally (diagonally is fine).
Every digit on the snake must be odd.
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
- Exhibits 1 and 8: Kropki Dots. Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot must be in the ratio 2:1.
- Exhibits 2 and 4: XV. Digits separated by a V sum to 5. Digits separated by an X sum to 10
- Exhibit 3: Min/Max. Digit in the grey cells must be greater than every orthogonally adjacent digit.
- Exhibit 5: Arrows. Digits along the arrows sum to the 2-digit number shown in the attached pill.
- Exhibit 6: Killer Cages. Digits in a cage must sum to the indicated total.
- Exhibit 7: German Whispers. Digits along the green line must differ by at least 5
- Exhibit 9: Renban. Digits along a pink line must form a set of consecutive digits, in any order.
Solution code: Row 1 (left to right) - 9 digits no spaces
Comments
on 1. March 2024, 06:17 by gd1981
Very nice puzzle. I’m normally a 1* player as I build my skill but this seemed approachable after watching way too many CTC videos and thinking I could give it a crack I did - and even though it took me 70mins I really enjoyed the challenge
on 26. February 2024, 05:33 by Glasgow
Brilliant setting! This might be my favorite of your collection. A joy to solve and quite approachable. Thanks!
on 25. February 2024, 23:09 by ashisstuff
flows very well! :)
on 25. February 2024, 11:41 by lmdemasi
I've really enjoyed this series! This puzzle feels like the most straightforward of the bunch.
on 25. February 2024, 10:05 by wuc
Cool puzzle. Nice flow. Thx.
on 25. February 2024, 08:29 by Prince Joffrey
Incredibly smooth & elegant - thx for setting it
on 25. February 2024, 01:50 by Calvinball
Thank you for the lovely series, I enjoyed it all immensely.
