Pick-up Sticks (Peach)
(Published on 8. July 2025, 13:13 by marty_sears)
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Three adjacent digits along a peach stick must contain one low digit (1, 2 or 3), one medium digit (4, 5 or 6), and one high digit (7, 8 or 9.)
A stick always has a lower total (the sum of its digits) than any stick which lies on top of it.
Solution code: Row 9 from left to right
Comments
on 20. July 2025, 15:18 by Klausku
Again, that‘s a brilliant puzzle. I spotted the break-in and got a few things sorted out. But I was stuck in mid-solve for a long time until I finally found the right intersection to look at. Thanks, again, Marty!
on 14. July 2025, 11:34 by sanabas
Enjoyed the puzzle, fun break-in, fun major step in the middle. But for some reason I find the light blue backgrounds/grid much harder to scan/concentrate on compared to darker outlined lines and the normal black grid on white background.
on 10. July 2025, 05:56 by Elker
Brilliant puzzle. Was fun throughout the whole solve.
on 9. July 2025, 09:50 by cyddrdrd
Glad that I helped with the revision of this wonderful puzzle. Hope we can see more nice puzzles in this series!
on 8. July 2025, 21:33 by TJ
Same here, got the break in on the previous version, made some complicated deductions but couldn't make the last one. New version then was a breeze.
on 8. July 2025, 20:47 by mscha
Yay, Mikadoku!
Whew... I've been staring at the original version of this for at least an hour. Got the break-in, but got stuck after that.
When I refreshed this page and saw that there was a new version, I finished it off in about half an hour.
on 8. July 2025, 19:01 by sujoyku
Wonderful puzzle! I especially loved the ending. Thank you, Marty!
on 8. July 2025, 18:57 by palpot
Fantastic puzzle!
on 8. July 2025, 18:37 by vitaminz
Lovely addition to a lovely series. I have been anticipating this constraint in particular and it didn’t disappoint!
