Shine on You Crazy Diamond
(Published on 26. July 2025, 12:18 by Chilly)
Following on from my previous lockout lines puzzles, here's another one from the broken 159 series that was made a long time back. Please enjoy.
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Broken 159 rules apply: digits in red-shaded cells in column 1 indicate the position of 1 in the corresponding row. The same is true in columns 5 and 9 for 5's and 9's respectively. *All possible red cells are given, so a negative constraint applies.*
- Lockout lines: digits in diamonds directly connected by a lockout line must differ by 4 or more. Digits on a line must fall strictly outside the range defined by their diamonds.
- Between lines: digits on a grey line must fall strictly inside the range defined by their endpoints in the circles.
The Rules:
Solution code: Row 6
Solved by jalebc, SKORP17, boredwillow, XeonRisq, Vodakhan , Exigus, Tacocat, riffclown, jseng, ab3defc, mbumbee, zer0keefie
Comments
on 2. August 2025, 13:54 by riffclown
Absolutely loved the way you combined these.
on 27. July 2025, 12:06 by Exigus
Very interesting interactions between these constraints. Thanks!
on 27. July 2025, 03:39 by XeonRisq
Fun puzzle.. tried to give you a "SUPER DUPER very nice" to counteract the BS rating you already received, but it wouldn't accept it ... *shrug*
