Do you struggle with scanning for digits in disjoint sets? Ha ... give this a try!
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Digits touching the outside of a Blue cage on all orthogonal edges (but not touching diagonally) must sum to the indicated total
• Digits touching the outside corners of a Green cage (diagonally, but not touching the cage orthogonally) must sum to the indicated total
• Digits touching the outside of a Red cage both orthogonally and diagonally must sum to the indicated total
• No repeats are allowed in the digits making up the totals
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
Don't Fence Me In (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Row 7
Last changed on on 5. July 2024, 23:30
Solved by SincereEngineer, SKORP17, Piff, SeveNateNine, Gilliatt, anonymoose, jamessimons, tangobunni, sanabas, Basil, bansalsaab, Dag H, RebelSystem, tuckerbucket, S4K, Chishiri, Yawnus, peterkp, ... b413x, ChsSlyr9k, karen_birgitta, mbrandtwls, juventino188, Carolin, Criptonight, cryptique, morgannamodeaura, Katchoo, Uhu, lmdemasi, Illuminated, Leilalu222, QuiltyAsCharged, darrenfwl, joelth
Comments
on 14. July 2024, 02:50 by HalfBakedLunatic
Thank you for the great comments everyone! Here's a link to Mark solving this one CTC:
https://youtu.be/YYC5GdOkZKk
on 10. July 2024, 14:01 by OGRussHood
What a mad ruleset. I love it.
on 10. July 2024, 06:24 by mcs131313
One of my favorite new rulesets / puzzles. Took a little mental effort, but was fairly intuitive and found i was solving vs. just trying to do new rule gymnastics
on 6. July 2024, 23:29 by Basil
That was fun, the effect of the cages were really interesting.
on 6. July 2024, 17:59 by bansalsaab
That was a nice new variation.
on 6. July 2024, 16:07 by sanabas
Very good fun. Found it easier than disjoint sets, as I could colour things in better, the sets are smaller and/or contiguous compared to 9 separate cells.
on 5. July 2024, 23:30 by HalfBakedLunatic
Clarifying the rules