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Dutch Neighborhoods (Yin Yang)

(Published on 27. March 2024, 10:30 by palpot)

This puzzle is my humble contribution to Flinty's amazing Dutch flat mates series. If you haven't had the pleasure of experiencing them yet, I highly encourage you to do so— you'll find the entire series linked below.

Note that I've made a slight adjustment in the Dutch flat mates rule (with Flinty's approval) to better align with the Ying Yang rules.

Rules:

Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-9 once in each row, column, and 3X3 box.

Yin and Yang:
Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be fully shaded or fully unshaded.

Digits in a cage cannot repeat. Digits in shaded cells inside a Cage sum to the clue in the top left corner of the cage.

5s live in Dutch Neighborhoods.
All 5's in the grid must have a shaded '1' or an unshaded '9' orthogonally adjacent to them. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.

Solve online: CTC, f-puzzles

Previous puzzles in the Dutch Flat Mates series:

Solution code: Row 5 digits from left to right.


Solved by johnyzzh, rameshsrivats, gUBBLOR, isajo4002, IAM3, Flinty, GoogleEnPassant, Fizz, onbu, seeppp, Mr_tn, olliwright, Gilliatt, Snookerfan, Kreekers, Zandi, HenryG8421, SKORP17, maniacaljackal, ... apokrupto, MaxSmartable, zrbakhtiar, Camaras, arauwer, dogfarts, OJPS, da-hans, widjo, Nickyo, xtrm0, Bankfred, sahi1l, me and the paws, Drawoon, Woody03130, ryanprobably, diziet, PippoForte, radium
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Comments

on 11. September 2024, 21:32 by sahi1l
I got pretty far before I remembered the Dutch neighborhood constraint! :)

Last changed on 15. August 2024, 21:56

on 15. August 2024, 21:54 by xtrm0
Nice puzzle,
Note: **the dutch neighbors rule is different from all the other puzzles in the series**

on 8. May 2024, 23:18 by wuc
What a beautiful puzzle. Thx.

on 9. April 2024, 13:24 by ChinStrap
Very great extension to yin yang!

on 29. March 2024, 16:51 by fajoogaloo
I really enjoyed the Dutch Neighborhood constraint! This is my first time coming across this ruleset. The way it unwound the 5's was beautiful :)

on 29. March 2024, 10:30 by CaptRob
Lovely puzzle, thanks a lot!

on 27. March 2024, 18:50 by DanishDynamite
Lovely! Took me a while to find the break-in cage.

on 27. March 2024, 18:16 by goodcity
I really liked the twist on the dutch Flat Mates variant which felt like a perfect match for Yin and Yang. Thank you for setting !

on 27. March 2024, 12:50 by Flinty
Thank you so much for the awesome addition to the series.

on 27. March 2024, 12:15 by rameshsrivats
Wonderful puzzle. Thanks.

Difficulty:3
Rating:96 %
Solved:103 times
Observed:7 times
ID:000HF6

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