Oh No, My Shirt!
(Published on 18. April 2024, 02:26 by juggler)
Cracking the Cryptic video
Place one or more digits from 1-9 in every cell so that each digit appears exactly once in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
All the digits in the cell(s) touching each V sum to 5.
White dots always separate a pair of digits with adjacent values (but there can also be additional digits in the separated cells).
Solution code: Row 4
Comments
on 17. August 2024, 11:08 by wuc
What a creative idea. Needed some time to think the ununsual concept. That was awesome thx.
on 25. May 2024, 20:16 by DavidH
This was a lot of fun. The logic around deducing which cells contained multiple digits looked impossible at first but flowed smoothly after a couple mistakes. I would love to see more of this variation!
on 10. May 2024, 09:46 by juggler
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on 1. May 2024, 00:58 by OGRussHood
This puzzle is mad.
on 27. April 2024, 21:45 by vfig
beautiful puzzle! a very fun variation on multi-digit cells
on 26. April 2024, 22:26 by samuel1997
This should be the most ludicrous puzzle I've ever played! Brilliant!
on 22. April 2024, 14:49 by Laake
Very cool and creative puzzle, sorry for getting your name wrong on stream!
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juggler: No worries at all. Brilliant solve, that was fun to watch!
on 20. April 2024, 17:47 by EmpyClaw
What a magically bizarre puzzle! I stared at it for some time thinking I'd never get it, but then I read the comments and they encouraged me to keep looking. Finding the path in was a delight and I thoroughly enjoyed this throughout. Thank you!
on 20. April 2024, 11:07 by GeorgeTheToad2
Excellent puzzle, cool idea. I found all the cells with multiple digits very quickly but one of them took ages to deduce its contents. Thank you for setting and sharing this gem.
on 20. April 2024, 03:39 by Agent
Cool idea, thanks! A bit strange how scanning works with this.
on 19. April 2024, 20:48 by ChinStrap
So wonderful! But the notation I resorted to made me look like I'd lost it.
on 19. April 2024, 10:47 by Crusader175
Brilliant idea and construction!
on 19. April 2024, 05:15 by fitzie
it took me a while to understand the rules, but lost much more time not recognizing which cells were solved already :)
on 19. April 2024, 02:52 by topoi
Joyous!
on 18. April 2024, 22:56 by Perladel
What a gem! And it's not even that hard: I really enjoyed it
on 18. April 2024, 21:02 by giladooshlon
where do you come up with this stuff?? amazing!
on 18. April 2024, 20:00 by Big Tiger
Some "creative new ideas" turn out to just be nothing but frustration for me. I sighed and decided to try this one ... and am very glad I did. Once a certain deduction is made about how to find the cells that hold multiple digits, it becomes ... maybe not "Easy" but at least manageable. :-D
on 18. April 2024, 19:52 by chameleon
Hilarious idea, combined with cool logical deductions!
on 18. April 2024, 19:41 by josemadre
Bravo, well done sir!
on 18. April 2024, 15:54 by Myxo
Really fun and creative puzzle!
on 18. April 2024, 12:20 by Trellyc
Weird but wonderful
on 18. April 2024, 11:18 by keenbowl
It took me way longer than it should have, to realize that those cut out cells merge into other cells which hold multiple values.
But once I realized that, I really loved it, it was some logic that was new to me.
Thanks for setting&sharing!
on 18. April 2024, 07:12 by m_busuttil
Absolutely brilliant. Seems unimaginable to start, a wonderfully elegant break-in, and then everything just flows from there. Had to invent new meanings for notation to hold each new discovery in my head.
on 18. April 2024, 03:12 by Lulero
Awesome idea, brilliantly executed. Love it!
