Squishtroquamurai Knightmare
(Published on 7. June 2025, 05:12 by ThePedallingPianist)
SQUISHTROQUAMURAI:
• Fill each cell with a digit from 1-9;
• The puzzle is made of five 5x5 grids in a quincunx shape, which overlap at 2x2 areas;
• Each 5x5 grid is made of four 3x3 boxes, which overlap at the dashed lines;
• Within a 5x5 grid, digits must not repeat in a row, column or 3x3 box.
ANTIKNIGHT:
• Cells a knight's move apart (in chess) may not contain the same digit;
• This includes cells separated by a gap in the grid, for example r5c1 and r7c2 may not contain the same digit.
LOCAL CONSTRAINTS:
• Digits on an arrow must sum to the digit in the attached circle;
• Digits on a pink Renban line form a non-repeating consecutive set;
• Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive;
• Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio;
• Digits separated by an X sum to 10.
Solution code: Column 1, top to bottom (10 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 10. June 2025, 05:52 by annnz
I really enjoyed the logic in the first half of this puzzle, but need to bifurcate for the final solve - an extra clue (perhaps a white dot in the top right) might help with this?
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TPP: You're right that there is a monstrously difficult section in the top right grid... To be honest, I regularly find myself conflicted between giving a minimal and aesthetically pleasing selection of clues, and adding an extra clue for ease of solving, and often I convince myself that the difficult step is reasonable and the former ends up winning!
There is a non-bifurcatory way through the top right grid, but you're right that it's fiendish and something like an odd clue at r5c10 would help enormously - anyone reading this is welcome to use that!
on 9. June 2025, 02:05 by blackjackfitz
Wow, it was as awesome as it was hard
