XV*-O-*5
(Published on 25. April 2025, 05:59 by NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Cells connected by a white dot must be consecutive.
Cells connected by an X must sum to 10.
Cells connected by an V must sum to 5.
All X's and V's are given.
Two lines of the same length and same color are connected X lines.
Counting from the bulb, the first cell of each connected X line sum to 10. the second cell of each line sum to 10 etc.
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Note that 5 can be on a line.
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Example
Solution code: give the digits of column 3 (top to bottom)
Comments
on 26. April 2025, 14:37 by Onkel_Dagobert
I think this puzzle is ideal as an intro to the series. Very approachable, yet not flat.
on 26. April 2025, 03:14 by Sparky
Took me a while as a beginner, but the early coloring and the end solving were really smooth, I enjoyed that a lot, thank you !
on 26. April 2025, 02:11 by leogetz
I had a x wing on low what I called red and 5 in box 7 and 9. I assumed the 5 had to be on the white dot to disambiguate the puzzle. was there another way to do it?
on 26. April 2025, 01:59 by NCtide
Fun time with colors!
on 26. April 2025, 01:54 by rainingfish
A wonderful puzzle! 15:18 for me. It was a smooth ride using the xvs to help color in the rest of the grid, disambiguating the numbers at the end
on 25. April 2025, 18:30 by PinkNickels
A bit easier than some of the other ones, but I liked the addition of 5 being allowed on the lines. 10:50 for this one today.
on 25. April 2025, 09:47 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 16:17
I rated this 2/5 difficulty.
Another great addition to the series!
This one felt quite a bit more approachable than most of the others (in this and similar series), but was just a bit too complex for a 1* rating IMO. I think it is on the easier side of 2*, and should be reasonably straightforward for novice solvers who are familiar with full XV ruleset puzzles.
I could also understand why someone may land on 1* difficulty (the current posted difficulty is still 2* though), but IMO this puzzle does require some XV tricks that a true beginner to the rules may not be familiar with.
The break-in for this one was easier than I expected, as my coloring seemed to expand outward consistently after starting (the initial colored cells I chose were easy to work with). The midgame was very smooth as well, and I made progress consistently. The final disambiguation was similarly straightforward.
Overall, very nice puzzle. Thanks for sharing!
