A Few Glasses O' Bubbly
(Published on 29. March 2024, 04:32 by HalfBakedLunatic)
Because it was meant to be for the cell phone app, I did add some additional digits and filled out the quads so it's not as brutally hard as my original revision, and I added a few extra 'bubbles' in the glasses just for the cosmetic effect (which also made it a bit easier).
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Digits along a Green Champagne Flute must differ by at least 5
• Digits along an Orange Champagne Flute Line must differ by at least 4
• Box borders divide the Blue Champagne Flute into segments with the same sum
• The Purple base of the glasses must be a contiguous set of digits in any order
• Cells separated by a Champagne bubble must contain adjacent digits
• Quad circles show the digits that are in the four cells
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
A Few Glasses O' Bubbly (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Row 7
Comments
on 3. April 2024, 12:00 by Snaques
Very cool puzzle, but I'm not sure if I've ever been less sure about my solve during the puzzle as I was here. Somehow my deductions "felt" correct but I was convinced it was gonna fail at some. point. :)
I really liked the break in as it required a combination of so many clues (for me at least). In the end 2-2,5 sounds about right (on LMD standards).
on 30. March 2024, 17:27 by BorisTheSnake
Disagree with Criptonight, this is definitely a 2... 2.5 at most. Lots of restrictions to work with. Excellent puzzle
on 30. March 2024, 15:02 by Ragna
Fun puzzle! Thank you and Cheers!
on 29. March 2024, 19:52 by Criptonight
Such a delightful work of art. Certainly harder than 2 stars, 3.5 to 4 at least.
on 29. March 2024, 15:32 by mbrandtwls
I saw the CTC video you posted on LinkedIn ... it's a stunningly beautiful puzzle!
on 29. March 2024, 14:23 by Ju Corb
Lovely puzzle thanks
on 29. March 2024, 13:18 by wuc
Cool puzzle. Did see the renban idea late. Multiway to solve. Great puzzle thx.
on 29. March 2024, 12:56 by Onkel_Dagobert
Beautiful!
on 29. March 2024, 12:35 by Krokant
Cute and fun puzzle. :)
on 29. March 2024, 10:58 by gUBBLOR
Very nice puzzle, the constraints worked really well together, I really enjoyed how the renbans worked. Didn't use the region sum lines at all though, but it's never a bad thing to give solvers multiple possible solve paths :)
--- @gUBBLOR, my initial version didn't have all digits filled in the quads and it was quite a bit harder, and did require more stringent use of the Region Sum Line. I had 'simplified' the puzzle somewhat because it was intended to go into the CTC cell phone app - but in my testing, I had gotten so used to my same solution path that I didn't even think about trying it without using the blue line!
on 29. March 2024, 05:30 by SudokuHero
Very fun solve, love line constraints
