Swiss Cheese (Black Hole)
(Eingestellt am 23. April 2026, 14:05 Uhr von gdc)
My fifth puzzle using the Black Holes ruleset by heliopolix. Thanks heliopolix, NicoD, Garford, Scojo and ChinStrap (among others) for testing. Estimated difficulty: 3.7 stars. Hope you enjoy!
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Holes: Place nine black holes, one in each row, column, and box. Digits may not repeat on black holes. Place 9 white holes that follow the same restrictions. White holes and black holes never share the same cell. The value of a black hole is zero. The value of a white hole is twice its digit. (The value of a non-hole is its digit.)
Cages: Digits in cages may not repeat (but values may). Values in a cage sum to the clue in the top left. A cage must contain the same number of black and white holes (it may have zero holes).
Hole Sandwiches: Clues outside the grid without arrows give the sum of the digits between the holes in the row or column, not including the holes.
Teleporting Little Killers: Clues outside the grid with arrows give the sum of values along a diagonally-traveling path starting in the cell pointed at by the arrow. This path only ends when it reaches an edge of the grid. When the path enters a black hole it teleports to the white hole with the same digit maintaining its direction and including both holes in its sum. The path may only visit white holes by teleporting to them.
Example
Want To Solve More Black Holes?
Check out Intro to Black Holes, Part I and the (10+) puzzles linked there to see how the creator of the ruleset uses it. The intro series gives a very gentle entry and the advanced series contains incredibly beautiful and creative applications involving Schrödinger cells!
You can find all my black hole puzzles via this search.
Lösungscode: The digits in black holes starting in row 1 (9 digits). For the example puzzle, this would be 524136.
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Kommentare
am 26. April 2026, 21:52 Uhr von earthpuzzles
Highly recommend!
am 24. April 2026, 00:13 Uhr von eladv
This was GREAT! Looked intimidating at first, but I was never stuck.
am 24. April 2026, 00:05 Uhr von Elliott810
Absolutely brilliant construction! Thank you:)