Disjoint Treasure Hunt
(Published on 29. December 2024, 06:48 by meggen033)
1.) Pitter Patter
2.) Dream Weaver
4.) Bright Eyes
5.) Thick as Thieves
6.) Rat-a-Tat-Tat
7.) The Quartering
8.) Cross-Check
9.) Disjoint Fog
10.) Asteroid Assassin
13.) Nocking Point
14.) Disjoint Knight
15.) Disjoint Air Show
16.) Disjointages
17.) Disjoint Dominoes
Solve with SudokuPad
• Normal Sudoku rules apply.
• Disjoint Set: Cells in the same relative position in different boxes cannot contain the same digits.
• Digits in a cage do not repeat and sum to the clue in the top left.
• Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10.
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Happy Solving and God Bless---
Solution code: Enter row 7 digits
Comments
on 16. January 2025, 17:56 by numpty
I enjoyed the disambiguation at the end. Very elegant solution.
on 3. January 2025, 06:34 by meggen033
Updated SudokuPad Link
on 30. December 2024, 07:23 by RedBarchetta
Great puzzle! I learned a new technique for solving these disjoints. I also colored it up, but it certainly took me some time. Very enjoyable!
on 29. December 2024, 18:47 by da-hans
Very nice puzzle. Gave it 3 stars as it seems to be a little trickier than your other two star puzzles.
on 29. December 2024, 18:34 by sujoyku
I found it harder and rated it 4 stars for difficulty. But who knows, maybe my scanning was a bit weaker than usual. In any case, it was a very enjoyable challenge. Thank you, meggen033!
on 29. December 2024, 16:18 by Lorena
This was very enjoyable, not easy at all but absolutely beautiful, many thanks.
on 29. December 2024, 14:53 by Deklok
Very nice puzzle, it flows beautifull. 2 stars for me. Thank you!
on 29. December 2024, 13:04 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 25:23
I rated this 2/5 difficulty.
Great disjoint puzzle with a cool premise and some nice ideas! I decided to make this a coloring puzzle and was happy to find the pattern(s) arise as I colored every cell. I was able to color almost all of the puzzle before disambiguating values (except for 4? Digits/colors - all paired up), and I enjoyed the disambiguation step at the end which cleared up the remaining colors and values nicely. The use of the 7 and 14 cage was another really nice idea that had some cool implications - definitely my favorite aspect of the solve.
I personally find disjoint puzzles sometimes tedious and difficult to scan for, but I enjoyed that I didn't need to worry about scanning too much since the pattern used some clean geometry that I was able to grasp early on. I think this use of the disjoint constraint is very nice and made for a fun puzzle.
The coloring phase felt somewhat like an XV puzzle (at least, used a similar strategy), which I very much enjoyed. I think the coloring difficulty was around 2-3/5 difficulty for me. Recognizing the geometric 'tricks' wasn't too difficult, but understanding how the 7/14 cages interact with the disjoint constraint and the primary puzzle 'idea' is a bit tougher than a most 2* puzzles I have solved. Definitely approachable and fair, but just slightly more 'advanced' than most 2* puzzles.
The disambiguation with the killer cages & Xs was around 1-2/5 difficulty for me. It wasn't trivial, but by pencilmarking it carefully it is definitely approachable.
I was originally tempted to rate this 3/5 difficulty just because I found the disjoint interactions a bit tough to spot, but the whole symmetric geometry made it more approachable - so I tilted it towards 2/5 difficulty instead.
Overall great puzzle! Definitely one of my favorite disjoint puzzles I have solved!
