Candies in Odd Boxes
(Published on 9. January 2025, 15:13 by Niverio)
Rules:
Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 into each row, column and outlined 3x3 box without repeats.
Ambiguous XV/Kropki Dots: The grid is cluttered with 4 differently coloured dots. The 4 colours represent the 4 constraints of White Kropki, Black Kropki, V and X clues. Which colour represents which constraint must be deduced by the solver.
Diagonals: Digits along the marked diagonals must not repeat.
Greater-Than: The inequality sign points to the smaller digit.
Puzzle Link: You can solve the puzzle in SudokuPad.
Solution code: Row 5 left to right.
Comments
on 24. January 2025, 18:16 by Christounet
My prefered of the serie as well. Interesting and esthetic. Thanks :)
on 10. January 2025, 19:53 by softie
Whew! I stared at this for a long time feeling like there just wasn't enough to go on, and then suddenly I reached a critical mass of small deductions and it all fell into place. Very cool!
on 10. January 2025, 16:44 by saturnic
espectacular!
on 10. January 2025, 04:26 by rameshsrivats
Brilliant puzzle.
on 9. January 2025, 23:22 by Piatato
Very cool setup!
on 9. January 2025, 20:56 by ViKingPrime
Very smartly crafted.
on 9. January 2025, 18:35 by Snookerfan
Beautiful construction. After making some notes on a piece of paper, it wasn't even too hard. Very nice interactions throughout. Thank you
on 9. January 2025, 18:08 by Playmaker6174
Gorgeous interactions during the main logic, especially how box 5 impacts on the solve!
Quite unfortunate that there needed to be that one extra clue, but it didn't dampen my overall experience at all x)
on 9. January 2025, 17:55 by OutOfMyMindBRB
Colorful & interesting logic, nice break-in, thanks :-)
