Miracle City

(Published on 3. June 2024, 17:22 by Jolly Rogers)

This puzzle is heavily inspired by a recent miraculous creation by Loerting, but instead using the Skyscraper variant. You can check out his puzzle 165 here.

RULES:

Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Killer Cages: Digits in a cage must sum to the given value.
Skyscrapers: Each digit in the grid represents the height of a building in it's cell. Taller buildings obstruct the view of shorter ones behind them. Clues outside the grid give the number of buildings visible in that column from the direction of the clue.
Secret: The sum of all Skyscraper '?' clues is equal to 45.

LINKS:

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Hope you enjoy.

Solution code: Row 5 (left to right)

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Comments

on 31. July 2024, 17:23 by ThymePass
A lovely idea and definitely a 2-star puzzle. Very nice :)

Last changed on 5. June 2024, 01:43

on 4. June 2024, 20:50 by zimmicks
Why is this a 1 Star?

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I had posted this with a suggested 2 star difficulty but it has received an average rating of 1 star by those who have completed it. The break-in is the trickiest part, but once realised, the puzzle essentially fills itself in.

on 4. June 2024, 09:16 by xingyun
interesting

Last changed on 4. June 2024, 11:00

on 3. June 2024, 22:48 by sujoyku
Thank you for this cute miracle, Jolly Rogers! Although it looks intimidating at first sight, once you realize the break-in the 2 stars difficulty rating seems completely appropriate.

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Thank you for your comment sujoyku :]