Gray circles in gray fog
(Eingestellt am 6. Mai 2026, 20:13 Uhr von Lithium-Ion)
This puzzle has been my twelth feature on Cracking the Cryptic (click
here to see Mark solving it). The main idea of this fog-of-war puzzle is the usage of gray circles which are either black or white Kropki dots. Feedback is always greatly appreciated! The rules are as follows:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Placing correct digits may reveal fog somewhere in the grid. Cells that are a knight's move (in chess) apart, are not allowed to contain identical digits. Cells connected with a gray circle have to contain digits that are consecutive or in a 1:2 ratio (or both). Box borders divide blue lines into segments with the same sum. Different blue lines can have different sums.
You can play this puzzle via the following link:
https://sudokupad.app/qwm51fcrxg
Lösungscode: The digits in row 9, read from left to right.
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Kommentare
am 23. Mai 2026, 01:59 Uhr von bleppie
Exellent puzzle. Tricky but satisfying knights-move logic towards the end. Thanks!
am 21. Mai 2026, 01:16 Uhr von itsid
That was super nice.
thank you for sharing
am 7. Mai 2026, 23:38 Uhr von HeyItsErin
Second half of this puzzle was harder than I expected but still very well done!
am 7. Mai 2026, 21:19 Uhr von SanFranSam
Very doable for me for a 2*. I give up half of the time. Did take me 32+ minutes.
am 7. Mai 2026, 11:08 Uhr von Silentdodo
gray-t idea and gray-t puzzle! love it
am 6. Mai 2026, 22:26 Uhr von dzamie
Nice! The anti-knight rule added a few bits of uncommon logic to the kropki stuff :D
am 6. Mai 2026, 22:10 Uhr von Myfyr MJ
Very nice puzzle. Reasonably easy.
am 6. Mai 2026, 21:16 Uhr von apothycus
an a-gray-able puzzle, very gray-tifying