Heartbreaking Bravery
(Published on 1. October 2025, 23:08 by juggler)
...or play the full puzzle below.
Place a digit from 1-9 in every cell so that no digit repeats in a row, column, or box.
WHISPER - Adjacent digits along green lines differ by at least 5.
REGION SUM - Box borders divide the blue line into segments with the same sum.
ANTIKNIGHT - Digits a chess knight's move apart can't be the same.
Solution code: Row 8
Comments
on 4. October 2025, 00:51 by vitaminz
Absolutely wild opening. No idea who is rating this 4* or anything less than very nice :)
on 3. October 2025, 10:59 by eladv
Whow, this was a crazy puzzle. It started by me staring at it infinitely, making no progress (it might have been 1-2 hours of staring and trying stuff to no avail). Absolute despair, it just won't start. And then, after trying again and again, I finally found the break-in, and from there it was a quite smooth, maybe 3.5*. Overall, very beautiful puzzle and solve, but one has to get over the Hump of Despair in the beginning.
(Another puzzle with the same Hump of Despair first then really beautiful progress from there, is LieScrapers by Marty Sears. Similarly, I had to stare for an hour before making any progress.)
on 3. October 2025, 01:38 by lmdemasi
I hate antiknight, and this puzzle was no exception. It was so good I did it anyway.
on 2. October 2025, 18:28 by Exigus
Fantastic puzzle. Not sure if I followed the intended path but the logic worked very well even if it was far from easy. Thanks!
on 2. October 2025, 18:17 by cyddrdrd
Brilliant break-in!
on 2. October 2025, 08:05 by flutchman
Great esthetics, as usual, and wonderful solving path. Bravo!
