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Avada Kedavra - A Magic Square Killer

(Published on 8. July 2020, 22:38 by Philipp Huber)

This is a common partial killer sudoku. Additionally, the grey cells in the middle form a magic square.

Inside of a dotted box, all numbers have to be different and sum to the small number in the corner.

Inside the magic square all rows, columns and the two diagonals each add to the same total.

I've had this idea for a while, but only now got to make it unique without additional constraints. In my solves I found two distinct ways to determine the orientation of the magic square. If you solved the puzzle, I would love to hear how you solved this step. Feel free to leave a hidden comment for me with a short description. I feel like there are more ways to get that far and I would like to learn about all of them. Thank you very much in advance!

The puzzle is also available online with Penpa-edit or on f-puzzles.

Solution code: Row 2 and column 7

Last changed on on 12. July 2020, 18:29

Solved by Narayana, cdwg2000, sirtramola, SirWoezel, emmettcito, zorant, Ninja94, ThrowngNinja, Hareeb, ABerta, skywalker, ch1983, stefliew, hatterson, Circleconstant314, vdwestdg, Richard, Tilberg, boredduck, ... Imperial Marcher, joyal, Uhu, Zzzyxas, smckinley, SKORP17, smistry, tinounou, dandbdi, zhergan, PixelPlucker, YuffasaurusWrex, Fedo , misko, ManuH, polar, Mody, Gotroch, OGRussHood, Nairi, creo
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Comments

on 30. July 2020, 17:59 by Ragna
Das hat richtig viel Knobelspaß gemacht :-))

on 27. July 2020, 20:15 by Philipp Huber
Vielen Dank @Phistomefel, das ehrt mich sehr!

Thank you very much, Nylimb!

on 26. July 2020, 00:24 by Nylimb
Amazing puzzle! Now I'll go watch CtC to see Simon solve it in 1/3 of the time it took me.

on 23. July 2020, 17:51 by Phistomefel
Phantastisches Rätsel! Vielen Dank dafür.

on 12. July 2020, 18:29 by Philipp Huber
Added f-puzzles link

on 9. July 2020, 17:45 by emmettcito
That was an amazing puzzle! :D

Difficulty:5
Rating:93 %
Solved:65 times
Observed:4 times
ID:0003TS

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