Nightcap
(Published on 4. October 2024, 02:17 by cristophermoore)
Each clue is an X-sum, a sandwich clue, and a little killer. That is: it is the sum of the first X numbers it faces in its column where X is the digit it faces. It is also the sum of the digits between the 1 and the 6 in its column, and the sum of the digits along the indicated diagonal.
Feel free to turn the puzzle upside-down.
Solution code: Row 2
Comments
on 17. October 2024, 02:29 by DiMono
@zimmicks: sandwiches don't need to begin at the grid's edge. 236514 would be a valid sandwich + x-sum of 5 from the left
on 15. October 2024, 21:45 by zimmicks
@sujoyku:
"ALSO the sum of the digits between the 1 and the 6 in its column"
Note the word "also" - it is being forced to be that in addition to an X-Sum
on 12. October 2024, 03:08 by Fisherman
Mark of CTC did YouTube video but I couldn't find the author's reaction video.
on 8. October 2024, 19:00 by sujoyku
@zimmicks: Why would a Sandwich clue need the column to start with a 1 or 6? That is not forced at all.
on 8. October 2024, 17:58 by zimmicks
I don't understand how you can have an X-sum and a sandwich clue in the same column without breaking the puzzle.
The first digit the clue faces must either be a 1 or a 6 in order to satisfy the sandwich rule, but that cannot satisfy the X-sum rule.
Vice-versa the same problem.
on 6. October 2024, 01:35 by nunc
Wow. It's a wonder that this exists. Just wow.
on 5. October 2024, 22:04 by MattJones
Wonderfully neat!
on 5. October 2024, 00:36 by sujoyku
Lovely miniature! Thank you for setting and sharing, christophermoore!
on 4. October 2024, 17:08 by XhcnoirX
Yes it's very easy but it's also really elegant and a joy to solve.
on 4. October 2024, 16:48 by sidarthur
elegance itself. you must be good at rubik's cubes
on 4. October 2024, 15:10 by GeorgeTheToad2
Very easy, very nice. Amazing is the only word I can think of to describe this short snack of a puzzle. Thank you.
on 4. October 2024, 14:17 by permafrostyx
yay killy
on 4. October 2024, 06:45 by CanadianLeviathan
Good times to be had by all who enter
on 4. October 2024, 06:34 by Fisherman
What a simple and beautiful puzzle, with, as the author pointed out, pi radians of super symmetry. In addition the digits of the solution code is so Pythagorean.
