One Of Each
(Published on 9. March 2024, 19:43 by HalfBakedLunatic)
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Placing a correct digit will clear the fog around that cell (No cheating! All digits can be deduced through pure logic)
• Puzzle contains "One of Each":
Killer cage, X, V, White dot, Black dot, German Whisper (green), Thermometer (yellow), Renban (purple), Palindrome (red), Region Sum Line (blue), Zipper Line (Teal), Quad, Odd (round), Minimum value, Maximum value, Arrow.
(For clarity, there is no branching on any of the lines)
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
One Of Each (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 23. March 2024, 12:38 by Zacbelle
Lovely flow of logic!!! For once I didn't make any mistakes and got through on the first pass!
on 11. March 2024, 23:03 by HalfBakedLunatic
Thank you everyone for the great comments. I've been warned that there are a lot of people who 'just don't like FoW puzzles' - but I'm very happy with the logic behind each step in this puzzle, and it's great to see all the positive remarks!
on 11. March 2024, 20:54 by mbrandtwls
This construction is elegant and sublime. I'm just amazed at how the solution path steers you from one step to the next, and kept some secrets hidden all the way to the end. Outstanding.
on 11. March 2024, 19:05 by HalfBakedLunatic
Minor revision to puzzle, added a 'Maximum Value' cell and Zipper which disambiguates potential wrong steps in the fog.
on 10. March 2024, 18:55 by Virux
This was great. Some spots were really really hard, but very rewarding to finish the solve!
on 10. March 2024, 18:26 by JohnDoeJersey
At one point I could only progress by making the assumption that the renban line doesn't branch inside the fog even though that's not given in the rules. Unless I missed something crucial maybe this info should be added to the rules?
-- Hi @JohnDoeJersey, you should be able to place digits that clear enough fog so that you can see there is no place for the Renban to branch.
-- Edit, I thought you were referring to the top of the Renban. You are correct, it would be possible to branch at the bottom. I added clarification to the rules as requested.
on 10. March 2024, 15:21 by Fra314
Uhhh, a couple spots were quite tricky! Brilliant puzzle, lots of cool stuff everywhere!
on 10. March 2024, 03:14 by BobAndWeave
Exquisite puzzle. Thank you for this!
on 10. March 2024, 01:45 by Criptonight
Amazingly well built, very carefully crafted. How can anyone rate this lower than 100%? It's awesome!
on 9. March 2024, 23:49 by Fizz
That was an astonishing puzzle with the clues carefully placed and working nice together. Thanks for this fun puzzle!
on 9. March 2024, 23:08 by Deino42
For Quad, is it a given that there are 4 values in ascending order so that the top left is going to be the lowest value and bottom right is the greatest?
-- Hi Deino42, the numbers around the quad aren't in any particular order - but you should only see 2 numbers at first, and these are helpful early on, and the second two numbers you won't clear from the fog till near the end - and they are critical for finishing the puzzle. Yes, clues can overlap (but there is a specific trick to the Palindrome line which will let you place the 7 in Box 7 ... but you might have to think hard about it :-)
Edit: also, can clues overlap such as a line in a cage?
