pwetty arrows
(Published on 13. February 2026, 16:52 by phil_the)
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Combining Manta Ray's Parity Arrows, SennyK's German Arrows and Juggler's Dutch Arrows.
Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3x3 box.
Parity Arrows: A digit on a red arrow counts the number of digits in the indicated direction that are of the same parity (odd/even) as itself (not counting itself).
Dutch Whisper Arrows: A digit on an orange arrow counts the number of digits in the indicated direction that have a difference from itself of 4 or more.
German Whisper Arrows: A digit on a green arrow counts the number of digits in the indicated direction that have a difference from itself of 5 or more.
Solution code: digits in column 9 from top to bottom
Comments
on 14. February 2026, 18:00 by Sedum
Very enjoyable, thanks
on 14. February 2026, 14:38 by VitP
this puzzle is fairly easy (level 2) BUT there is a technical difficulty, where the CRITICAL cell r8c2 arrow becomes obscured when the digit is entered, at which point the puzzle becomes virtually intractable.
recommendation to solvers: put a BOLD colour splash in all incomplete dw arrow cells
