Balanced Sudoku #04: Absolute Value
(Published on 14. December 2024, 01:47 by Nell Gwyn)
- Balanced Sudoku: Place the numbers -4 to 4 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- Between or Double: Each line with circles on the end is either a Between Line (meaning, the numbers on the line must be strictly between the numbers on the circles) OR a Double Arrow (meaning, the numbers on the line must have the same sum as the numbers in the circles), but cannot be both.
- Region Sum lines: Box borders divide each blue line into segments. For each blue line, all of its segments must have the same sum (different lines may have different sums).
- Zipper lines: On a purple line, each pair of numbers equidistant from the center dot must sum to the number in that dot.
- Ten Lines: Each gray line must be divided into one or more non-overlapping groups of numbers that sum to (positive) ten.
- (Partial) Kropki: Cells separated by a white dot are consecutive, cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are given.
SudokuPad (for the answer check, enter the absolute value of each digit)
Penpa (no solution check included)
Solution code: Row 3, with minus signs (-) in front of negative numbers (e.g. -1-3210-44-23).
Solved by Briks, SKORP17, Mr_tn, lmdemasi, karlmortenlunna, SPring
Comments
on 16. December 2024, 18:38 by karlmortenlunna
Very nice puzzle Nell!
on 16. December 2024, 15:22 by lmdemasi
Fantastic puzzle Nell!
on 14. December 2024, 15:06 by Briks
I confess I did cheat to get a start, I just didn't want to spend too much time trying. Don't know if I would have seen a break in after a longer while. But then it was quite a challenging and nice experience.