All Arrows Are Given
(Published on 22. November 2025, 13:45 by Kainapple)
Rules:
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow's circle.
Arrows in this puzzle point either up, down, left or right, they never change direction, and all such arrows are given. That is, you could not draw any more of these straight arrows into the finished puzzle grid (even those that would overlap other arrows or their circles in any possible way).
Enjoy!
Solution code: Column 1
Comments
on 24. November 2025, 20:04 by Phistomefel
This is such a cool concept and beautifully executed! Thanks a lot, Kainapple.
on 24. November 2025, 14:32 by Ratfinkz
Great puzzle! Was nice to meet you in Stratford and now lovely to see you setting such masterpieces!
on 24. November 2025, 04:36 by Astraeus
That was incredible! I knew it was going to be tricky, but I was fascinated by the title and couldn't resist. Easily one of the most satisfying 6x6 puzzles I've done.
on 23. November 2025, 18:42 by Barrels
Brilliant puzzle.
on 23. November 2025, 16:51 by Klausku
The title promised a lot, and the puzzle delivered. Very nice. I like this constraint, it twisted my brain. I wonder if a 9x9 is possible with this rule.
on 23. November 2025, 12:09 by faltenin
I agree with the vox populi - a lot of fun and a bit mind bending!
on 23. November 2025, 11:41 by galium_odoratum
Impressive puzzle, but for me at least a 2.5 - 3 star difficulty when you do not use bifurcation. Very fun to solve nevertheless!
on 23. November 2025, 07:33 by puzzlelad
How was this 2 stars, I must have missed something. That was the hardest 6x6 Ive done!
on 22. November 2025, 20:07 by macintux
I’d love to know whether there was a way to solve this without brute force about 1/3rd of the way through, but fortunately I was able to find a point of tension where I only had to try two possible values for a cell to find the right solution.
I’m not a very good solver, but I enjoyed this quite a bit. Thank you for a great puzzle.
on 22. November 2025, 19:05 by damo_89
I love an absurd negative constraint, even better than this has such a nice solve path. Good work.
on 22. November 2025, 18:19 by marty_sears
Love this! Hard to believe this is your first puzzle - it's such a slick and well executed concept. You could well imagine someone like Juggler setting this exact puzzle.
I found it a very good level of difficulty and a smooth but by no means trivial solve. Look forward to seeing what else you make
on 22. November 2025, 14:43 by brskri
Nice puzzle. I didn't think I'd be able to solve this but the impossibilities just worked themselves out. Nice use of an unusual negative constraint.
