XOV to Los Angeles (0-9 Challenge)
(Published on 24. January 2025, 00:41 by The Bard)
Extended Sudoku rules apply, place the digits 0-9 in each row, column, and box, however there will be one digit in each that does not fit. This digit can vary between rows, columns, and boxes and needs to be determined by the solver.
XV: Digits separated by an X sum to 10, those separated by a V sum to 5. All Xs and Vs have been given.
Consecutive Pairs: Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive.
Anti-Knight: Cells that are a Knight's move apart (in chess) may not contain the same digit.
This is the next installment in my “XOV” series which you can find:
“XOV to Yuma” HERE,
“XOV to Yuma Returns” HERE,
“XOV to Chicago” HERE,
“XOV to New York” HERE,
“XOV to D.C.” HERE,
“XOV to Houston” HERE,
“XOV to Atlanta” HERE,
“XOV to New Orleans” HERE, and
“XOV to Boise” HERE.
If you like this puzzle, you may enjoy some of my other puzzles too, click HERE to see the other puzzles I have made.
Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 5. February 2025, 02:45 by The Bard
Thanks to Sudoku Sleuth for solving on his chnnel. You can watch the solve here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJs3bCio94c&t=52s
on 25. January 2025, 21:38 by Gnubeutel
Very nice. I probably made it harder for myself by forgetting about anti-knight. But i actually didn't need it and used the negative constraint on XVs instead for the last few digits. (Also i had 90% colored, which helped.)
on 24. January 2025, 15:17 by PinkNickels
Fun as always, Bard! Hope all is well on the west coast with the fires!
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Glad you liked it.
I am in northern California safe from this set of fires, but we get fires around this area nearly every year.
The Bard
on 24. January 2025, 15:06 by Toomas_
Very nice puzzle! I forgot about the Knight's move (despite the KM above the grid) until the very end where it filled in the rest :)
on 24. January 2025, 13:31 by dhansik
Lovely as always. I'm a huge fan of this ruleset and your setting.
A bit easier than some of the others but for me that's not a bad thing!
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I’m happy that you are enjoying this series. I try to vary the difficulty levels and the last couple were harder so it was time for an easy one.
The Bard
on 24. January 2025, 09:59 by AnebodaSlatorp
Lovely, thank you
on 24. January 2025, 00:46 by Donald X.
Here you say anti-Knight, but the puzzle on CTC doesn't say anti-Knight.
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Updated link with this in the instructions.
Thank you for catching that!
The Bard
