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Dutch Flat Mates: Even/Odd Lots (palpot collab)

(Published on 10. December 2025, 07:00 by Flinty)

Special Thanks
Thank you to palpot for setting this puzzle with me. We both really hope you enjoy it.

Inspiration for this constraint comes from Complementary by palpot himself, which was set for the weekly Scojo discord/twitch prompt, and I suppose by happy accident this also qualified as a valid puzzle for that prompt. Basically, he sent me that puzzle to test and I realised it could probably Flat Mate. They have some similar ideas, but are soon very different.

Previous Dutch Flat Mate Puzzles
This has been a weekly series since '18 Oct 23'. Here is a spreadsheet link for all the previous puzzles in the series, which also has a few teasers for upcoming constraints/guest setters in the series (subject to change).

This alternative link offers a limited LMD search for Dutch Flat Mates.

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Initial Setter Difficulty: 2.5 / 5

Normal Sudoku rules apply
Place the digits 1-9 so that they do not repeat in any row, column, or 3x3 box.

Dutch Flats
Every 5 in the grid must have a '1' directly above it or a '9' directly below it. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.

Even/Odd Lots
A digit in a square counts the number of even digits on its line.
A digit in a circle counts the number of odd digits on its line.

Disjoint Set
Digits on the circles/squares form a complete set of the digits 1 to 9.

Hint to start

9 by Disjoint is VERY limited. Flat Mates do good parity work in Box 6.

Hint to nudge

The pairs on each line sum to 9 (or are 9).
5s, particularly in Row 3 and therefore Row 1 can be tricky spots.

Solution code: Column 2 Digits

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Solved by Piff, tuturitu, OJPS, EFlatMinor, Bjd, Gribba Bibba, Tinnifer, damo_89, Gilliatt, palpot, marcmees, NEWS, Snookerfan, GorgeousNicko, gdc, sedici, Zibl, Marshal on Mars, SKORP17, Franjo, alexstrf, ... goodcity, GG_70, da-hans, Nagesh, thomamas, fauxturtle, SecondBlue, alicemaisie, aqjhs, robokong, tim_vermeulen, BabyfacedBard, ChinStrap, pepe74287, Sus, olliwright, karlmortenlunna, benisjammin
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Comments

on 13. December 2025, 06:58 by SecondBlue
Nicely alternating between the use of parity and dutch flatmates. Had a consistent difficulty from start to finish, well done.

on 11. December 2025, 00:33 by Exigus
Really well set, interesting start and kept up a nice flow of logic til the end. Thanks!

on 10. December 2025, 20:53 by Franjo
Perfect setting of an amazing puzzle! Thank you very much for creating and sharing this beautiful DFM-episode.

on 10. December 2025, 16:45 by Snookerfan
Gorgeous puzzle! Between 2 and 3 stars I guess. I had a blast, thanks

on 10. December 2025, 11:47 by Tinnifer
Great puzzle! I was a little slow with it but that didn't take away from my enjoyment. Thank you and keep it up :)

Difficulty:3
Rating:91 %
Solved:46 times
Observed:1 times
ID:000QAU

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