The Beefeater
(Published on 7. August 2024, 04:14 by HalfBakedLunatic)
They're changing guards at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guards.
"A soldier's life is terribly hard,"
Says Alice.
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number in its corner, digits can not repeat in a cage.
• A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are shown.
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
The Beefeater (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guards.
"A soldier's life is terribly hard,"
Says Alice.
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number in its corner, digits can not repeat in a cage.
• A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are shown.
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
The Beefeater (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Column 8, top to bottom
Solved by finger, SincereEngineer, cybers, sisterbear, strangelyinsane, pepu273, Hajuhn, MonsieurTRISTE, fuxia, rameshsrivats, Willkimo, Bjd, jalebc, Megalobrainiac, lmdemasi, Mozart40, Nigrin, pythonssssss, ... FlashZange, 3ffer, Rearden, mezkur7, karen_birgitta, chanelaw, Jrosas, Criptonight, Hay-in-needlestack, valle1124, jcgodart, Katchoo, Carolin, mcs131313, OhHeyGuysItsMax, arteful, joelth
Comments
on 7. August 2024, 14:52 by mbrandtwls
Beautiful puzzle, very difficult. I love the tie in with the theme.
on 7. August 2024, 07:42 by rameshsrivats
Nice puzzle. Maybe, I've become smarter, but felt like 2 stars to me.
on 7. August 2024, 06:23 by Hajuhn
10 minutes for me, i definitely don't feel like this felt like a 4 star
on 7. August 2024, 05:51 by cybers
This got considerably more difficult in the late stage for me, but with a time just over 20 minutes, 4* can't be right
