Taco Bowl 3 - Ring Of Fire
(Published on 19. March 2021, 16:15 by DiMono)
This is the final puzzle in my Taco Bowl trilogy. It's the hardest sudoku I've set to date, and I believe a very satisfying solve. It may be helpful to solve
Taco Bowl 1 and
Taco Bowl 2 before attempting this one, as those puzzles will familiarize you with the constraint and some strategies that this puzzle requires.
Normal sudoku rules apply. Additionally, there are embedded sandwiches within the grid:
When two arrows face each other, they are crusts of a sandwich. The digits in the crust cells must be the sum of the sandwich INCLUDING the crust, in some order.
For example, if there are two arrows with 3 cells between them (
→ _ _ _
←), two valid solutions could be
7486
2 or
2486
7, because either way the digits = 7+4+8+6+2 = 27
Solve on Penpa
Solution code: Row 5, Column 5
Last changed on on 22. October 2023, 04:47
Solved by MagnusJosefsson, Jesper, udukos, NikolaZ, PixelPlucker, PulverizingPancake, henrypijames, Jodawo, LurkingFrog, Tyrgannus, ogi.djukovic, cdwg2000, geronimo92, panthchesh, thinkingalaud, polar, ... Nylimb, Bobby, William Cheese, harrison, michaal94, Vebby, Uhu, Göran H, pandiani42, peacherwu2, Lyun Licuss, zhergan, Muhammad, Myxo, MicroStudy, zzw, damasosos92, OGRussHood, by81996672, steeto
Comments
on 11. December 2023, 01:32 by Myxo
Wow, very intricate and difficult puzzle :) Loved the deductions!
on 22. October 2023, 04:47 by DiMono
Fixed puzzle link
on 28. November 2021, 00:48 by Göran H
This really required me to think in new ways. Loved it!
on 7. July 2021, 17:08 by Vebby
Oof, this was really challenging. Thanks for the taco bowls DiMono, very tasty! :)
on 23. April 2021, 06:03 by cdwg2000
very nice!
on 30. March 2021, 05:14 by Tyrgannus
Absolutely baked my brain in the most satisfying way. Highly recommended.
Last changed on 22. March 2021, 12:13on 22. March 2021, 12:12 by henrypijames
Very tight solution path - and because of that, it was "hard" but not "very hard".
on 20. March 2021, 17:38 by PixelPlucker
Very spicy indeed.
on 20. March 2021, 09:27 by udukos
I have enjoyed this series a lot. Thanks for the puzzles, DiMono.
on 20. March 2021, 05:35 by DiMono
Better German translation
on 19. March 2021, 23:24 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle! Really sustained difficulty and some very rewarding breakthrough moments.