Sicily - Prickly Pears
(Published on 5. May 2025, 12:01 by Fra314)
In early October 2024 two dear friends of mine, RockOnCT and Starlight, decided to create their first sudoku, and the theme they chose was, obviously, prickly pears.
They recently decided to release it (at my insistence), and here it is, their first puzzle!
The sudoku was created entirely by them, I limited myself to testing it, giving some advice and removing some redundant clues, but without distorting their idea and the composition of the puzzle.
If you like, please comment, share and express your opinion freely. Thanking you in advance, we leave you to the puzzle! Have fun!
Rules
• Normal Sudoku rules apply.
• Renban: Digits placed on purple lines must be a non-repeating set of consecutive digits, in any order.
• German Whispers: Adjacent digits on a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
• Ratio Pairs: Digits separated by a black dot must be in a 2:1 ratio.
Solution code: Column 1 (9 digits without spaces).
Comments
on 10. May 2025, 00:47 by NotSoMagnifique
A most excellent bit of work, my friend!
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Thank you Katie, I really didn't that much on this one tho XD. I'll let my friends know! <3
on 7. May 2025, 09:21 by Fra314
Thanks everyone for the solves and the useful comments, my friends are super thrilled to see that the puzzle was well received! <3
on 7. May 2025, 09:15 by Fra314
Puzzle grid updated, thanks @Artsy!
on 7. May 2025, 07:10 by Ganbatte
I like the visual theme as well as the way the rule sets worked together. Fun puzzle! Thank you!
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Thanks for solving it!
on 6. May 2025, 05:19 by Artsy
The dot between r3c5 and r4c5 isn’t showing on sudokupad, which doesn’t affect solving. Fun puzzle.
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Thank you for pointing that out, I didn't realize I uploaded an old version of the grid. I'll update it ASAP. Much appreciated!
on 5. May 2025, 21:49 by Inge
That was fun, thank you
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Thank you so much for solving it!
on 5. May 2025, 14:38 by Fra314
Made the solution code more clear.
on 5. May 2025, 14:37 by PinkNickels
Very pleasant solve. Not trivially easy, nice aesthetic, good solve path. Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for solving and sharing your thoughts, much appreciated!
on 5. May 2025, 14:10 by xrrx
The puzzle is solved, sudokuapp was happy, but “column1 and column9 without spaces” code was not. I see that there are some solvers, so maybe my data entry is wrong (solving always on the phone).
NB: nice puzzle
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Thanks for solving!
I've edited the solution code so it's clear, sorry for the confusion!
