Interlocking
(Published on 22. February 2025, 23:23 by Gerhard1963)
Interlocking
This puzzle was made for Valentine's Day 2025.
Rules:
- Standard sudoku rules apply: The digits 1
through 9 appear in every row, column, and
box.
- Lovely Whispers: Shown as pink lines, adjacent digits along a Lovely Whispers line must differ by at least six.
- Kropki pairs: Digits in cells separated by a black dot are in a 2:1 ratio. Digits in cells separated by a white dot are consecutive. Not all dots are necessarily given.
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Solution code: The digits on the positive diagonal (from bottom left to top right).
Solved by Greg, gdc, ryannn, mathpesto, Nickd88, Kallor, Dermerlin, JayBird, chis_r, PinkNickels, sarabtx, foggybrume, thomamas, milxqueen, zrbakhtiar, Kermit, Spider, Fizz, sedici, Crul, Fisherman, ... Malsted, Thibaa, Isa, keenbowl, garycblack, yasmim.nat, Chiefredhawk, tweedcowboy, Ungesundheit, gotem, softie, Snaques, bluebird, varbrad, Tompzini, Nonio7, NeroChaos, Doc-Pierre, vmirandaa
Comments
on 25. February 2025, 07:25 by Landry
65 min. I loved the symmetry of it.
on 24. February 2025, 10:19 by GT-R Penguin
Loved this - thank you!
on 24. February 2025, 09:59 by Peteronium
This lovely puzzle took me an hour. Either I missed something obvious, or it is obviously not a one * puzzle. Thanks for setting it up. I truly enjoyed the struggle.
on 23. February 2025, 09:26 by awsss
62 minutes is that ok?
on 23. February 2025, 09:04 by damo_89
Lovely
on 23. February 2025, 07:15 by Kermit
First time seeing Lovely Whispers, the propagation and unwinding is very satisfying
on 23. February 2025, 03:56 by PinkNickels
Another pleasant Lovely Whispers solve. I do so enjoy them! thanks for sharing.
on 23. February 2025, 03:42 by chis_r
Great fun, thanks!