Thermohaline Circulation
(Published on 30. September 2024, 01:48 by sfushidahardy)
Edit: thank you for getting this puzzle featured on Cracking the Cryptic!
This is my first loop puzzle, which I made for another Weekly Scojo prompt: "make a loop puzzle with at most 10 clues". I hope you enjoy it!
- Standard Sudoku rules apply.
- Loop: shade some cells to form a 1-cell-wide orthogonally connected loop. The loop may not touch itself orthogonally, but can touch itself diagonally.
- Non-loop cells form several orthogonally connected groups. Such a group of size N contains exactly the digits from 1 to N.
- Thermo-sightline arrows: Each cell with an arrow (called an 'arrow cell') lies on the loop. The digit in an arrow cell is the number of visible loop cells in the indicated direction, where non-loop cells obstruct vision. (The arrow cell is not included in this count). Additionally, digits increase along loop cells seen by an arrow, starting with the digit in the arrow cell.
Solve Thermohaline Circulation on Sudokupad!
Solution code: Non-loop digits from the top two rows (no spaces).
Comments
on 9. October 2024, 10:03 by sfushidahardy
Added CtC link
on 6. October 2024, 09:16 by Christounet
Very nice ! Thanks :)
on 3. October 2024, 05:51 by yttrio
Amazing puzzle! I loved how there was some great logic for both loop and non-loop cells.
on 1. October 2024, 15:08 by Blashyrkh
Outstanding construction! Interesting deductions all the way through to the end, especially with the non-loop cells.
on 1. October 2024, 10:23 by Snookerfan
Fantastic puzzle! So smooth. Thank you
on 30. September 2024, 22:16 by Elker
What a great puzzle. All the pieces worked together wonderfully. Thanks for setting. If this was your first loop, I’m excited to see your next ones.
on 30. September 2024, 21:01 by thoughtbyte
Excelent puzzle! Thanks.
on 30. September 2024, 19:35 by Franjo
Amazing puzzle! Harder than two stars for me, but I enjoyed every single step on the solution path. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this gem.
on 30. September 2024, 01:55 by someguy209
Loved the ramifications of the non-loop cell rule, and the variety of deductions it lead to.
