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Evenly Odd

By Pixeleon

Being inspired by Cracking the Cryptic, I made my first ever sudoku, and it's a variant!

I came up with the variant idea myself, so I'm sorry if the rules aren't the clearest. I tried my best in providing examples.

Rules:

+ Each row must contain the numbers from 1 to 9, without repetitions (Standard Sudoku)

+ Each column must contain the numbers from 1 to 9, without repetitions (Standard Sudoku)

+ The digits can only occur once per box (Standard Sudoku)

+ The hints on the left indicate the sum of the first consecutive set of EVEN digits in the indicated row from left to right. (variant)

+ The hints on the top indicate the sum of the first consecutive set of EVEN digits in the indicated column from top to bottom. (variant)

+ The hint in the top-left corner indicates the sum of the first consecutive set of EVEN digits in the indicated diagonal from top-left to bottom-right. (variant)

+ The hints on the right indicate the sum of the first consecutive set of ODD digits in the indicated row from right to left. (variant)

+ The hints on the bottom indicate the sum of the first consecutive set of ODD digits in the indicated column from bottom to top. (variant)

+ The hint in the bottom-right corner indicates the sum of the first consecutive set of ODD digits in the indicated diagonal from bottom-right to top-left. (variant)

Example:

Hint on the left: 6. This could mean that from left to right on that row, there could be a 6, followed by a number of ODD digits, followed by the rest of the even and odd digits

Example row: 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 9, 5, 8, 7

The hint on the right would be 7, as the first consecutive set of odd digits from right to left.

However the hint is a SUM. Meaning this could also be a possible solution for a hint on the left of 6, reading from left to right.

Alternate possible example row: 2, 4, 3, 8, 6, 9, 7, 5, 1

In this alternate example, "2, 4" is the first consecutive set of even digits from left to right. The sum of these digits is 6, which is indicated by the hint.

The hint on the right for the alternate example would be 22(1 + 5 + 7 + 9)

Puzzle:

Solve on F-Puzzle

*NOTE: F-Puzzle cannot verify the solution. You have to verify here using the solution code.

Happy solving! I hope you had fun :D