Happy Birthday Blobz!
(Published on 25. June 2024, 00:28 by timotab)
A few months ago, Blobz gave me a tutorial on how to construct sudoku puzzles. Knowing his birthday was coming soon, and that it was a big one, that evening I created my first ever puzzle. It has been kept as a surprise until today when I shared with him as his birthday gift. And now I'm sharing it with the sudoku community. I hope you enjoy it, and celebrate Blobz' birthday with me!
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- Normal Sudoku rules apply: Fill each row, column, and 3x3 box with the digits 1-9 once each.
- Antiknight: Digits a knight's move apart (in chess) cannot be the same digit.
- Little killer clues: Numbers outside the grid give the sum of the digits along the indicated diagonal. These digits can repeat if allowed by other rules.
- Quadruple circles: A digit inside a white circle must appear in one of the four cells surrounding that circle.
- Digits in cells separated by a V sum to 5. Digits in cells separated by an X sum to 10. Not all Xs and Vs are necessarily given.
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Solution code: Row 2, then column 8, 18 digits, no spaces.
Solved by SKORP17, MontanaPearl, Vaurien, Jagga, yttrio, Postnormal, VestedTitle, Buffalo44, LehanLehan, jalebc, Bjd, Unknown, rab1226, MarkSud, ashwin, JackTheWeenie, Bulkystapler, jadezki, two_halves1, ... loigor4, virus_dave, Bananaman, chillid028, carrie1295, wadallat, me and the paws, cbrown92, NeroChaos, chain.reader, BlackApolloX, ellamackmitch, asii, k2u5as, jordanza, hapoo, asver, PippoForte
Comments
on 28. June 2024, 23:27 by wuc
Happy birthday. Nice puzzle. 2.5 stars took me quite long. Very rewarding thx.
on 27. June 2024, 00:47 by ukjohnd
Very nice solve path, great interplay between the constraints.
on 25. June 2024, 22:54 by Ragna
Very nice present! And Happy Birthday, Blobz.
on 25. June 2024, 15:07 by GeorgeTheToad2
Very nice birthday present. HBD Blobz.
on 25. June 2024, 13:59 by StGordo
Fantastic present to give and create. At one stage I thought I’d still be solving on Blobz next birthday!
on 25. June 2024, 01:49 by yttrio
A very nice tribute puzzle!
