Dutch Flat Mates (Sharing Cages)
(Published on 13. November 2024, 11:30 by sujoyku)
The most recent previous DFM-puzzle has Dutch Flat Mates (Zombie) by Flinty and Palpot. There you also find a list of all puzzles of the series so far. I wish you joyful solving!
- Normal sudoku rules apply, i.e. each row, column and 3x3 region has to contain the digits from 1 to 9 once each.
- Dutch Flat Mates: Each 5 in the grid either has a 1 directly above or a 9 directly below it. (It may have both, but it does not need both.)
- Killer cages: Digits in a cage sum to the clue in the top left. Moreover, if cages are adjacent to each other (i.e. share an edge), they have to contain at least one common digit.
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 3 from left to right (9 digits in total)
Comments
on 17. January 2025, 05:17 by MattYDdraig
Great puzzle as usual. The sharing cages allow a lot more sparseness with the cage clues.
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Thank you for your comment, MattYDdraig! I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 16. December 2024, 07:50 by NEWS
58th D.F.M. Masterpiece solved by me in 12 minutes! Thanks for sharing!
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You are much welcome, NEWS, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 15. November 2024, 20:16 by PinkNickels
I really don't know how you top-level setters produce so many puzzles of such high quality, but I sure do appreciate it! Thanks. You have brought much joy to this community.
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Thank you for your kind words, PinkNickels! It is great to hear that my puzzles have brought you joy.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 15. November 2024, 14:55 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Thank you for this nice puzzle, dear sujoyku! :)
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You are much welcome, Lenivaya_Joppa, thank you for commenting! I am glad you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 14. November 2024, 18:19 by Fra314
Super duper clever! Fantastic puzzle!
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Thank you for your comment, Fra314! I am glad that you enjoyed it.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 18:04 by da-hans
Nice and good flow.
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Thank you for your comment, da-hans! I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle's flow.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 17:15 by MattJones
Another lovely puzzle Sujoyku. Thank you! This is a lovely extension of the really neat ruleset of Hot Potato.
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You are much welcome, MattJones, thank you for your comment! When I set "Hot Potato" I immediately wondered how it would work with the DFM constraint. I am glad that you liked the concept.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 16:14 by palpot
Fun puzzle! The interaction between the Flat mate and the sharing cages was great!
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Thank you for your comment, palpot! I am glad you had a fun solve and liked the interaction with the Flat Mates constraint.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 14:11 by Flinty
Lovely puzzle, very elegant. :)
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Thank you for your kind words, Flinty! I am glad that you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 13:45 by sorryimLate
Always nice to see such caring flat mates<3
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Exactly, sorryimLate! Where would be without our mates? :)
Thank you for your comment!
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 12:46 by marcmees
thanks for sharing (cages).
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You are much welcome, marcmees, thank you for commenting! Maybe, I will share more sharing cages at some point. :)
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 13. November 2024, 12:24 by Firebird
This was great fun to solve, thank you!
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Thank you for your comment, Firebird! I very much enjoyed setting it, so it is great to hear you had a fun solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
