Shrinking strata
(Published on 22. April 2025, 11:03 by NicoD)
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits will clear the fog from surrounding cells. No guessing is required.
Along green lines, adjacent digits differ by at least 5.
Along pink lines, digits form a consecutive sequence in any order.
Along gold lines, digits do not repeat and no two digits appearing anywhere on the line can be consecutive.
Solution code: Column 6
Comments
on 11. May 2025, 04:05 by Ramez
A lovely puzzle indeed with intelligent setting that balances between wit, beauty and smoothness. Thank you for setting and sharing this puzzle.
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ND: You are welcome, thank you for this comment!
on 26. April 2025, 15:28 by Joozd
Took me exactly 200 minutes, but in the end I got there!
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ND: Congrats, I am glad you were able to solve it!
on 23. April 2025, 09:50 by Exigus
Beautiful. Thanks!
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ND: You are welcome, thank you for solving!
on 23. April 2025, 07:08 by alexsmart
Gorgeous break-in!
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ND: Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
on 23. April 2025, 01:41 by haligonian
Agreed with others that this break-in is 3*. Once you start clearing some fog, things open up significantly (literally and figuratively).
Really enjoyed this puzzle!
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ND: Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed!
on 22. April 2025, 17:19 by baku
Lovely puzzle, felt like those old hard candies with layers over layers of different flavours of sweetness. Thanks for sharing.
I do think it is about 1.5 stars.
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ND: Thank you very much!
on 22. April 2025, 12:40 by Playmaker6174
Pretty fun puzzle, but felt like around 3 stars diff for me since there're lots of tiny details to keep track in the first half.
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ND: Thank you for solving and for the feedback!
on 22. April 2025, 12:02 by Myfyr MJ
Nice puzzle, very challenging.
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ND: Thank you for solving!
