Lots of clues lead to little progress
(Published on 20. October 2023, 14:15 by HalfBakedLunatic)
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
• Digits along diagonals must not repeat.
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number printed in its corner.
• Cells with an orange circle must be odd. Cells with a blue square must be even.
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
Lots of clues lead to little progress (Cracking The Cryptic)
Enjoy the puzzle, and please leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Solution code: Row 7 and Col 8 (18 digits)
Comments
on 9. March 2026, 16:19 by PancakePie
Sent by James (Sinclair)! Beautiful and fun and well done. Thank you for this!
on 3. March 2026, 00:26 by marajade
Here via Artisanal Sudoku's rec. Loved coloring this puzzle! I really enjoyed all of the little parity deductions that could be drawn from the cages!
-- Thank you marajade, it sounds like you took the intended solution path, glad you enjoyed it :-)
on 14. February 2026, 23:02 by HalfBakedLunatic
Removing TinyURL link and replacing with Sudokupad link
on 23. October 2023, 01:59 by PinkNickels
Absolutely brilliant setting! Thanks so much!
-- Thank you @PinkNickels, very glad you liked it :-)
on 21. October 2023, 07:12 by sdholmes
I was just thinking it would have been cruel if you had made the circles blue and squares orange… it feels universally true at this point that blue is even and orange is odd. Fun puzzle thanks!
-- Funny. I think CTC uses these colors because they are 'color blind friendly' and Odd/Orange starts with O ... I was trying to think of a color that starts with E. I suppose Emerald Green would work :-)
on 20. October 2023, 16:49 by Criptonight
I stared at an impossible situation for about a half hour and finally saw the next step. Maybe I'm just slow, but I found this very difficult. It's a 'narrow' solution path which I always admire, beautiful construction.
on 20. October 2023, 15:23 by Snookerfan
Nice puzzle, but not hard. I found it quite easy actually. Thank you
