The X and The V Squared
(Eingestellt am 17. Februar 2025, 11:16 Uhr von .proxz14)
Rules
Normal Sudoku rules apply.Killer: Digits inside an outlined cage cannot repeat and sum to the value given at the top left corner of the cage.
White Kropki: Digits along a white kropki dot are consecutive.
Black Kropki: Digits along a black kropki dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
X: Digits along an X sum to 10.
Normal German Whispers rules apply. Digits along a green German Whispers line must differ by at least 5.
Normal Thermometer rules apply. Digits along a thermo must strictly increase starting from the bulb end.
Arrow: Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow's circle.
Lockout Lines: Numbers along a lockout line must not be between or equal to the numbers in the diamond ends. Diamond values must differ by 4 or more for any segment.
Quadruples: Digits in a circle must appear within their quadrant.
Minimum: A digit in a minimum cell must be smaller than all orthogonally adjacent digits.
Renban: Digits along a pink renban line must be consecutive in any order.
Killer Products: The numbers outside of the grid indicate the product of the regional sums along the diagonal [Example: The given 450 product clue would be equal to R7C1 x (R6C2 + R5C3) x R4C4 x (R3C5 + R2C6) x R7C1.]
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Lösungscode: Row 8 from left to right.
Kommentare
am 17. Februar 2025, 17:08 Uhr von Ragna
What a wonderful debut! Please go on! :-)
.proxz14's response: What a wonderful comment! Thanks :-)
am 17. Februar 2025, 14:38 Uhr von .proxz14
Changed the wording for the killer product rule to clarify how it works.
am 17. Februar 2025, 14:35 Uhr von anyeyeball
Very nice; Once my brain grasped that the Killer Products WERE the products of the box sums and NOT products of cells, everything flowed very smoothly. Thanks for sharing! (I need to slow down my reading of the rules, because your rule was correct and not an error.)
.proxz14's response: Thank you for the solve! I've reworded to the rule in the end since it appears to be confusing for others too. Glad you enjoyed the solve :)
am 17. Februar 2025, 13:54 Uhr von VitP
rules clarification required:
if you're going to introduce a concept that exists ONLY in THIS puzzle, you need to actually provide a correct DEFINITION.
the PLAIN MEANING of "box sums along the diagonal" is NOT what you want it to be.
try "divide the killer diagonals into line segments, separated by box borders. sum the digits on each line segment. the clue outside the grid is the product of all those sums"
.proxz14's response: I've changed it to regional sums along the diagonal, and added an example to clarify it. I hope it's more clear now, and thank you for pointing it out.
am 17. Februar 2025, 11:32 Uhr von ghaia
Cute starting puzzle :) though I know what you have in store for us, solvers beware ;)
.proxz14's response: Shhh, don't worry about it. I would never indulge in cursed stuff, right?
