Studious
(Published on 12. September 2025, 23:15 by jwsinclair)
Studious, by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply, and all clues are standard.
Arrows: the sum of the digits along an arrow is equal to the digit in the connected circle.
German whispers: along green lines, digits differ from their neighbors by at least 5.
Renban lines: purple lines contain a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
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This was my entry in Scojo's Impostor challenge. (Here's the very nicely-constructed puzzle by my impostor, who turned out to be PjoeterBliep.)
If you want more of my puzzles, check out Artisanal Sudoku, where I publish a new set of (generally pretty approachable) variant sudokus every week.
Solution code: row five
Comments
today, 19:19 by PancakePie
Wonderful! Gave it a 3 star difficulty, but break-in felt like a 4 star revelation. Very beautiful the way the lock cracks when you pop the right tumblers. Thank you for this!
today, 17:16 by Norkas
Yes, that is indeed exactly why I continue doing your puzzles whenever I see them. Exellently pretty solve path.
yesterday, 21:59 by QuiltyAsCharged
Lovely puzzle, elegant break in, but very silly that the difficulty is not rated 3 stars
on 15. September 2025, 03:32 by antiknight
Great puzzle with a lovely break-in!
on 14. September 2025, 02:50 by marajade
Lovely! The way the renbans and whispers interact here is gorgeous. (And renbans are one of my least favorite constraints so it takes a lot for them to excite me, but this puzzle definitely accomplishes it!)
on 13. September 2025, 17:32 by Ragna
Super FUN puzzle! Very good flow. Thank you. :-))
on 13. September 2025, 16:49 by nunc
Totally agree with VikingPrime!
on 13. September 2025, 16:38 by GeorgeTheToad2
Excellent setting.
on 13. September 2025, 14:29 by VitP
definitely harder than level 2.
the only thing that prevents it from being level 4 is KNOWING this is by james sinclair.
sure, the middle is easier, and the end is easy, but that doesn't matter if you can't get past the beginning.
on 13. September 2025, 14:16 by ViKingPrime
Contender for smoothest solve path of all time.
on 13. September 2025, 12:29 by GeorgeTheToad2
Excellent setting.
on 13. September 2025, 04:33 by Playmaker6174
Very clean setup and a great pleasure to follow the solve all the way through, as expected from the maestro here :)
on 13. September 2025, 04:13 by rameshsrivats
Beautifully crafted
on 13. September 2025, 00:56 by sujoyku
Incredibly well-set! But how would it not, given it is so clearly in your style? Thank you for this beautiful creation, jwsinclair!
