Symphony (Birthday Special Edition)
(Published on 7. March 2024, 08:30 by Playmaker6174)
This puzzle was mainly inspired by my old Harmony puzzle in the past and also by James Sinclair, whose puzzles I've been enjoying more and more over the time. The opening of this puzzle was the part that I worked on the most overall - which requires one to gain some key insights before the actual breakthrough - and the rest just followed after that. Also I found it funny how 'symmetrical' this could turn out at the end x)
I originally aimed for the range of 3-3.5 in terms of difficulty but in fairness, I'll let everyone decide for the difficulty of this one. For now, I hope you enjoy some of the ideas in this special puzzle edition!
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply: every row, column and 3x3 box contains digits from 1 to 9 each once.
- An X connects two digits that sum to 10. Not all Xes are given.
- Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the circle cell attached to that arrow.
- Along a green line, two adjacent digits have the difference of at least 5.
- Along a pink line, digits form a set of non-repeating consecutive digits that can be in any order.
Puzzle: F-puzzle - Penpa plus - Sudokupad
Good luck and have fun solving!
Solution code: Row 2 (left to right), 9 digits long
Comments
on 17. March 2024, 01:31 by diziet
Very elegant break in. Was happy and amazed when I finally saw it. The puzzle flowed very nicely afterwards too and the symmetry is great.
on 8. March 2024, 12:59 by apiyo
Lovely puzzle Playmaker! The symmetry is very satisfying! I made a solve video too https://youtu.be/YmUV2bD_bNQ
on 8. March 2024, 05:41 by econtrout
Amazing how rotating two of the X clues identifies the puzzle. I thought the break was a tad on the hard side of 3 stars. Brilliant.
on 8. March 2024, 00:56 by Ragna
Fun puzzle. Happy birthday!
on 7. March 2024, 23:39 by Piatato
Great puzzle, really elegant setting all the way!
on 7. March 2024, 22:54 by Perladel
Stunning puzzle as I expect from you :)
on 7. March 2024, 21:11 by Jreg
There's some beautiful logic involved in this, I would say the difficulty shifts quite a bit towards the end. The first 10 digits take an hour to find and then suddenly you start filling the grid with a freeway speed. I loved the frustration, completely worth it.
on 7. March 2024, 20:21 by Jesper
Happy birthday, Playmaker! Really enjoyed the puzzle, thanks!
on 7. March 2024, 19:06 by Playmaker6174
Thank you all so much for the lovely wishes!
on 7. March 2024, 18:37 by Phistomefel
Happy birthday, Playmaker! I wish you all the best. And many thanks for the gorgeous puzzle! (:
on 7. March 2024, 18:05 by anyeyeball
Very special puzzle. Happy birthday!
on 7. March 2024, 16:09 by farodin64
All the best for you in the starting next year .... and all the best puzzles for us from you :-))
on 7. March 2024, 15:38 by Snookerfan
Happy birthday and thank you for this brilliant gift!
on 7. March 2024, 15:31 by Statistica
Happy birthday and thanks for the nice puzzle!
on 7. March 2024, 14:44 by PinkNickels
Incredible
on 7. March 2024, 11:17 by mihel111
Very nice one. Well done and happy birthday.
on 7. March 2024, 10:25 by Niverio
That was absolutely gorgeous! Stunning logic.
on 7. March 2024, 10:06 by MicroStudy
happy birthday legend
