With Friends Like This ...
(Published on 29. July 2024, 23:43 by Ratfinkz)
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Diamonds are friendly cells which must match their row or column number. Digits may never repeat in friendly cells, but not all digits appear in friendly cells
- Every row, column and box contains 1 negator cell. These are equal to the negative of their digit. Negator cells make up a full set of the digits 1-9
- Killer cages. Digits may not repeat in killer cages and the sum of every value in the cage must equal the number in the top left of the cage
- Non-consecutive. Digits in cages may never share a border with a consecutive value in the same cage.
- the white dot in b7 marks two consecutive digits
- See puzzle instructions for further clarification of the rules
Sudoku Pad
Solution code: Digits in Negated cells, in normal reading order (top to bottom left to right(
Comments
on 13. October 2024, 10:42 by petecavcc
Good puzzle, but 2 stars for me
on 24. August 2024, 19:23 by wuc
Very nice puzzle. The non consecutive only within cages went forgotten from time to time :-). Awesome. Thx.
on 5. August 2024, 00:18 by sujoyku
Thank you for this fantastic puzzle, Ratfinkz! The non-consecutive rule is easy to forget, but puts a lot of fun into the mix. Great setting!
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Thank you so much!!! <3
on 4. August 2024, 23:55 by Ratfinkz
Slight rule clarification
on 3. August 2024, 02:29 by ViKingPrime
Love a negator puzzle! Especially like the use of non-adjacency here.
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Thanks so much
on 30. July 2024, 08:47 by damo_89
Very nice working with those constraints.
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Thank you very much!
on 30. July 2024, 08:18 by Fra314
@WatermeRen: start with the negator in Row 1, then the one in Row 2 and so on until you hit Row 9.
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Thank you....AGAIN X
on 30. July 2024, 02:07 by cybers
What a fun puzzle, thank you! And it actually solves once you remember that 'negative' doesn't mean 'zero' :p
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I appreciated you reaching out to me, but you did well to figure it out yourself! Thank you so much for the solve and nice comment x
on 30. July 2024, 01:14 by lmdemasi
After solving this puzzle, all my hair fell out. Would recommend.
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This is the most intriguing comment I've ever had left on a puzzle....and cracked me up!!! I have NO idea what you are talking about, but thanks....I think <3
on 29. July 2024, 23:51 by Fra314
Great construction, lots of "wow" and "aha" moments, a really excellent puzzle!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments and the test solve! Much appreciated
on 29. July 2024, 23:46 by vitaminz
Lovely cage geometry in this one
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Thank you x
