Disambiguation Arrives Fashionably Late
(Eingestellt am 25. Mai 2025, 17:28 Uhr von HalfBakedLunatic)
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Digit along a red parity line must alternate between even and odd digits
• Digits along a green German Whisper line must differ by at least 5
• Cells separated by an X must contain digits that sum to 10, Cells separated by a V must contain digits that sum to 5
• Placing correct digits will clear fog somewhere in the grid
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
Disambiguation Arrives Fashionably Late (Cracking The Cryptic)
NOTE: (highlight hidden text to see it)
• You should be able to get almost every cell down to two candidates, columns 4 and 6 are the holdouts - but then there is one tricky step. There are three 'elimination by contradiction' and a finned X-Wing - finding any one of them will let you continue. And then, the final disambiguation is close at hand. I think the puzzle is 3.5 to 4 star difficulty, I'll start it at 3 and see what everyone thinks!
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Lösungscode: Column 3, top to bottom
Kommentare
am 13. August 2025, 00:00 Uhr von eap314
I loved the puzzle! It'd be difficult to play by coloring, but I'm used to overly penciling things.
am 25. Juli 2025, 05:45 Uhr von jw5801
Very nice! I also didn't notice any tricky sudoku steps. The last reveal let me immediately fill in every other cell of the grid, which was very satisfying!
am 5. Juni 2025, 02:16 Uhr von Astraeus
Really gorgeous how each step of the puzzle required you to break the cells into different classification: parity, then polarity, then extremity. Beautiful puzzle.
-- Thank you Astraeus, really glad you enjoyed it!
am 4. Juni 2025, 10:06 Uhr von takeponmaki
Loved how it ends. great puzzle.
am 2. Juni 2025, 19:56 Uhr von rmjarvis
Very nice. I didn't notice any tricky steps, and the only X I used was the one in box 8. It doesn't surprise me at all that that one wasn't required either, but I used it when it showed up. My logic was usually of the sort: "Where does the high 37 go in box ??" That and some german whisper logic to find 19's next to 46's. I do always love a coloring puzzle where almost no digits are filled in until the last 20 seconds.
-- Thank you rmjarvis! That's great, pretty much what I was going for :-)
am 27. Mai 2025, 10:57 Uhr von BevG
I really enjoyed this puzzle. I coloured for high/low first and when I was down to pairs, re-coloured for digits within pairs. I knew what was hidden under the last fog because it was the only option (that I could see) to disambiguate, but it still took a few minutes to find what would clear that fog. Thank you for this one!
am 27. Mai 2025, 03:04 Uhr von vitaminz
Absolutely loved this one. Found it pretty easy but coloring puzzles are my wheelhouse. I don’t know what a finned X wing is so I doubt I used one! GW and simple odd/even sudoku (with some coloring chains) gets you where you need to go.
am 27. Mai 2025, 01:37 Uhr von e_reads
I’m new to sudoku, but I found this to be very approachable and rewarding. I did look at the hint, but it was ok because I learned a new skill!
am 26. Mai 2025, 23:41 Uhr von giladooshlon
Very nice! The x clues turned out to be unnecessary.
-- Thanks giladooshlon, you are correct. There were a couple of 'more difficult' steps and the X clues made it possible to continue on without having to resort to using more complex logic. As you probably surmised by the comments, there was still one last step along the way that is tripping many people up, but I couldn't figure out any way of making that one easier without blowing the whole disambiguation!
am 26. Mai 2025, 21:12 Uhr von vitaminz
Absolutely loved this one. Found it pretty easy but coloring puzzles are my wheelhouse. I don’t know what a finned X wing is so I doubt I used one! GW and simple odd/even sudoku (with some coloring chains) gets you where you need to go.
am 26. Mai 2025, 13:45 Uhr von sasheo
Splendid work of art! Thanks!
am 26. Mai 2025, 12:22 Uhr von rudaass
That's the best puzzle in a long time. Thank you very much.
am 26. Mai 2025, 11:04 Uhr von AnebodaSlatorp
Disambiguation makes an entrance just when the host is beginning to worry it will never show up - great stuff!
-- Thanks AnebodaSlatorp, that made me laugh!
am 26. Mai 2025, 10:25 Uhr von Snookerfan
Very nice coloring puzzle! Thank you
am 25. Mai 2025, 22:20 Uhr von Nikamar
Great puzzle! Smooth solution all the way.
am 25. Mai 2025, 20:27 Uhr von Exigus
I was able to get all cells down to at most 2 candidates and waited with entering any digits until then, after that I only needed one of the disambiguators to finish it. Great coloring was had. Thanks!
am 25. Mai 2025, 19:45 Uhr von egglet
great puzzle. colouring helped tons
am 25. Mai 2025, 18:27 Uhr von Marius
Not too hard but way too easy to make a mistake
-- Thanks Marius, great comment. I suppose that's what I was going for :-)
