Irregular XV*0
(Published on 29. January 2025, 20:18 by NurglesGift)
Every Row, Column and Region must contain the digits 1-9.
Cells connected by an X must sum to 10.
Cells connected by an V must sum to 5.
All X's and V's are given.
Cells connected by a white dot must be consecutive.
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Solution code: give the digits of column 9 (top to bottom)
Comments
on 2. February 2025, 13:17 by wuc
I also favor letters. Much easier to see pairs and eliminate with the negative constraint. Another great puzzle in a great series thx.
on 31. January 2025, 18:02 by nunc
Thanks for yet another colorful puzzle! They are my favourite.
on 31. January 2025, 14:01 by therealsillypenguin
Discovering all of the interactions between the irregular cages as I colored was a blast! Great puzzle!
on 31. January 2025, 07:43 by therealsillypenguin
Discovering all of the interactions between the irregular cages as I colored was a blast! Great puzzle!
on 31. January 2025, 01:17 by AnebodaSlatorp
Thank you
on 30. January 2025, 13:28 by galium_odoratum
Beautiful, as always!
on 30. January 2025, 07:35 by turn3coco
This was so beautiful. I'm quite new to solving and this is definitely the hardest puzzle I've managed, and many of the deductions were uniquely satisfying.
on 30. January 2025, 07:30 by Sicario
Brilliant. Lots of fun. Found it easier to use letters instead of colours.
on 30. January 2025, 06:42 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 28:54
I rated this 2/5 difficulty.
I've really enjoyed the XV*Magic series, and this irregular XV puzzle was similarly very enjoyable.
The XV clues were nicely placed to make the coloring process approachable, but not trivial.
Coloring the irregular grid also led to some nice deductions that are not typically present in other XV puzzles using normal square cages.
Overall this puzzle was fairly easy, but the irregular grid made spotting patterns a bit trickier - so I decided 2/5 difficulty was a fair difficulty rating. My solve time was significantly longer/higher compared to most 2* puzzles I solve, but this is less a result of the logic being hard so much as it is a result of the coloring process taking longer than usual with the irregular cages.
Thanks for sharing!
on 29. January 2025, 21:54 by Inge
Very nice puzzle!!
on 29. January 2025, 21:11 by NurglesGift
thank you :)
on 29. January 2025, 21:01 by PinkNickels
Awesome puzzle as always, Nurgles. Thanks for a rewarding solve.
