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Happy 3s and Buttercream

(Published on 19. November 2024, 00:00 by marty_sears)

Happy birthday to the brilliant ratfinkz, whose love of buttercream is matched only by her desire to see 3s kept out of corners. Here's a puzzle which celebrates both.

    Rules:

  • Normal sudoku rules apply.
  • Every cell in the grid belongs to a square / rectangular region, to be located.
  • Each region contains a cupcake which indicates that region's size. Digits may not repeat in regions.
  • Digits separated by an X sum to 10.
  • Every region has four different corner cells, none of which are allowed to contain a 3.
  • Please leave a comment if you enjoy :)

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Solution code: Column 1 from top to bottom

Last changed on on 17. December 2024, 01:57

Solved by kennychar, Steven R, AdamPI, Kallor, Scojo, ChinStrap, Ratfinkz, japanoise_breakfast, jakestilesowen, Decapod, Calesch, Elker, fitzie, MapleAmber, h5663454, aidan, zrbakhtiar, ZornsLemon, EFlatMinor, ... llamatar, dpsy, Sherlang, aeusuke, michielbrinkers, Maroet, fkib, ThymePass, rmahus, belnovic, Chad, Shrolu, briiisy, cbossut, asynchronous, zakkai, superdog, anormalperson, Montikulum, OnOffL
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Comments

on 23. January 2025, 17:04 by ThymePass
Delicious.

on 22. December 2024, 12:15 by Klausku
Cupcake feast for Finkz.
After looking clueless at the puzzle for 15 minutes, I realized that the word „different“ made a difference. Nice one. I liked the disambiguation at the end.

Last changed on 23. December 2024, 10:02

on 17. December 2024, 00:07 by annaswan
Hi! This puzzle was cute and I enjoyed it, especially the region-building part.

on 28. November 2024, 15:36 by AsgarArn
Finkz have escaped the labb for this lovely side trip!
Look at all the cake!

on 26. November 2024, 10:07 by MattJones
Really enjoyed this - lots of different tools and techniques to get through the buttercream. Thank you!

on 21. November 2024, 16:41 by Cosinus
Buttercream-sweet!!! Thanks a lot!

on 19. November 2024, 19:46 by karlmortenlunna
Happy birthday, Ratfinkz!

on 19. November 2024, 19:20 by s1mn
Brilliant, loved it! As usual I got stuck half way through then remembered to actually go and read the instructions carefully.

on 19. November 2024, 17:27 by mscha
Lovely birthday puzzle full of Finkz the Rat elements.
Happy birthday, ratfinkz!

on 19. November 2024, 17:21 by amchap
Happy Birthday, ratfinkz. Lovely puzzle. Thanks for setting and sharing an anti-3s box-builder, marty_sears.

on 19. November 2024, 16:34 by Rollo
Exzellent aufgebaut :⁠-⁠).

on 19. November 2024, 14:44 by Prince Myshkin
Thanks, Mr Sears, loved it!!!

on 19. November 2024, 14:11 by Franjo
Funny ruleset, lovely puzzle. Wait - I can see Finkz hiding behind the corner. Not surprising that she could escape from her cage. Hope she will return tomorrow!
Happy birthday Ratfinkz! We share the dislike of 3s in the corner.

on 19. November 2024, 12:36 by Sotehr
Happy Birthday Ratfinkz! May your corners always be happy. :)

on 19. November 2024, 12:04 by mir85
Happy Birthday Ratfinkz!

on 19. November 2024, 11:51 by wuc
Great as always. Thanks for doing also there approachable ones. So much fun.

on 19. November 2024, 10:31 by Fra314
Happy Birthday Ratfinkz!!!

on 19. November 2024, 04:14 by jakestilesowen
Easy and breezy. Happy birthday ratfinkz!

on 19. November 2024, 03:14 by Ratfinkz
Thank you so much!

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

Buttercream, purple, happy 3's and a cute little rat ....you know me far too well!!

Thank you for being such a lovely friend! <3

on 19. November 2024, 02:11 by ChinStrap
First he makes you a sudoku celebrity, then he makes you a lovely puzzle. This was a super fun but approachable box building exercise.

on 19. November 2024, 02:02 by Scojo
Happy birthday Ratfinkz!

Difficulty:2
Rating:96 %
Solved:221 times
Observed:5 times
ID:000KSU

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