Cage Play 4: Killer XV
(Published on 28. April 2025, 16:33 by HalfBakedLunatic)
This one has a significantly easier break-in, and then a consistent difficulty and good flow throughout the rest of the solution path.
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Cages separated by an "X" must have sums with a 10:1 ratio
• Cages separated by a "V" must have sums with a 5:1 ratio
• Digits do not repeat within cages
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
Killer XV (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Row 3
Comments
on 8. May 2025, 00:45 by HalfBakedLunatic
Thanks for all the great comments everyone! Very happy to get such a positive reception :-)
on 6. May 2025, 08:23 by oskode
Very beautiful!
on 29. April 2025, 21:48 by nunc
Very cool puzzle. Thanks a lot!
on 29. April 2025, 18:43 by Exigus
Very nice puzzle. I'm Seeing more and more cages controlled by kropki, region sum lines etc and its a really interesting development.
on 29. April 2025, 15:49 by polcat
Great puzzle - thanks!
on 29. April 2025, 14:06 by Onkel_Dagobert
Super fun!
on 29. April 2025, 03:22 by jqhc
Very fun once again, thank you!
on 29. April 2025, 01:47 by Donald X.
Excellent premise, well-executed.
on 29. April 2025, 01:08 by TimStruggles
That was super fun, loved the XV ruleset for cages!
on 28. April 2025, 23:07 by Sparky
Was hard for me but I enjoyed it a lot!
on 28. April 2025, 21:40 by Criptonight
I'm enjoying all of these!
on 28. April 2025, 17:13 by wjdrumm
I really like this rule set. Makes you look at XV a different way.
-- Thanks @wjdrumm, agree ... even when I was doing my own testing, I kept getting confused and had to remind myself what the potential cage totals were :-)
