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(Published on 27. May 2024, 22:28 by Stargazing Albatross)
Just a quick little sudoku. Around a high 1 star difficulty.
Enjoy!
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Anti-Knight's move: Cells separated by a knight's move (in chess) cannot contain the same digit.
Thermo: Digits along thermometers increase form the bulb end.
The puzzle:
Solution code: row 8 (left to right)
Comments
on 18. June 2024, 01:47 by Decapod
OK... follow-up. I suggested this puzzle to my husband who said he was getting good at thermos, but he'd never tried the anti-knight restriction. He solved it without restarting or clicking "check", but his final timer was at 165 minutes! I asked he'd forgotten to pause when he walked away from it, but he said no. I suspect this is not a 1* puzzle.
on 31. May 2024, 23:03 by VitP
level 1 difficulty ... IF you know ALL the anti-knight tricks.
on 31. May 2024, 21:49 by Isfan
This was a nice puzzle, two of my favorite rule variants.
Unless I am missing something, it was much harder than 1*...
on 30. May 2024, 06:33 by Ganbatte
Stuck with it and glad I did. Fun puzzle to solve, thanks!
on 29. May 2024, 21:07 by Decapod
On the restart that I got it, the solve seemed smooth - I have no idea what I was doing wrong the 1st three times when I ended up with digits that wouldn't fit in certain blocks or rows. Really good knight variant practice for this beginner.
on 28. May 2024, 17:19 by GeorgeTheToad2
Very nice. Thank you.
on 28. May 2024, 10:19 by Fra314
Very fun, quite smooth and well constructed!
on 28. May 2024, 05:45 by Sumanta(ANU)
very nice...thanks!!
on 28. May 2024, 00:45 by hardline35
Nice puzzle, thank you!
on 28. May 2024, 00:31 by anyeyeball
Great, smooth solve. Thanks for sharing!
on 27. May 2024, 23:12 by samuelsamjo
very nice!
