Phistomopill Arrows
(Published on 5. August 2025, 07:07 by jennyaa)
This is my first time typesetting a puzzle with my own software, rather than SudokuMaker. Please let me know if you find any visual / UX issues.
- Standard sudoku rules apply: The digits 1 through 9 appear in every row, column, and box.
- Arrows: Digits along an Arrow must sum to the number indicated in the circle or pill from which the arrow emerges. Multi-digit pills are read in standard reading order (left-to-right, top-to-bottom), as indicated by the faint arrows in the pills.
- X dominoes: Digits in cells connected by an X sum to 10. ALL possible Xs are given.
Raw link in case tinyurl.com is down: https://sudokupad.app/r7ui9x93lp?setting-rulealert=true&setting-copycells=true
Solution code: Pink cells in the corners, in reading order (16 digits)
Comments
on 6. August 2025, 15:46 by jennyaa
Sorry for the confusion. The setter can force certain settings to be on or off by putting them after `?` in the URL. But it appears LMD has a bug where it removes all ampersands from URLs, meaning I can only set ONE setting. When I added `setting-rulealert=1`, it removed `setting-copycells=1`. As others have said, this is something you can manually turn on in the settings.
I switched to using a URL shortener for now.
on 6. August 2025, 13:32 by puzzlepandit
Excellent puzzle, Loved it.
For those who are struggling for copying the code, in Settings under advanced there is switch named "copy cells Button". On that switch and the copy button will be available on button pad.
on 6. August 2025, 07:56 by Mozart40
@peterkp I can tell only for me as player on my mobile with sudokupad in my browser. After activating the button "Copy Cells Button" I got a additional C&P button below the restart button.
on 6. August 2025, 07:23 by peterkp
I'm interested in the 'copy cells' comment, but when I selected the 16 cells and pressed CTRL-C, nothing happened. I also looked for the Copy Cells setting that you mentioned. Couldn't see it. So how exactly do you copy the values of selected cells?
on 6. August 2025, 04:40 by RedBarchetta
Excellent puzzle. I love negative constraints, and this is a great one.
on 5. August 2025, 17:12 by jennyaa
Added negative constraint alert.
on 5. August 2025, 17:09 by Mozart40
@jennyaa thx for your advice, that helps a lot! I didn't know that.
BTW: Challenging puzzle for me, but nevertheless a lot of fun
on 5. August 2025, 16:22 by jennyaa
Force-enabled Copy Cells setting in SudokuPad. You can select the pink cells and press Copy Cells button (not Ctrl+C) to get the solution code.
on 5. August 2025, 11:44 by Fisherman
This is one of the rare occasions where such a long solution code is very appropriate. Excellent work.
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J: Not sure if you know this, but SudokuPad lets you just copy the values in selected cells. So solution length usually doesn't matter, except for people who prefer to solve on paper.
