Out of my way
(Published on 3. December 2025, 02:58 by Lithium-Ion)
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the attached gray circle. If a digit x is placed in a gray circle, every other occurrence of that digit is at least x cells away from this gray circle. A digit y in a red circle enforces that the digit y is not allowed to be placed exactly y cells away. For clarity, the distance between two cells A and B is given by the minimum number of orthogonally connected moves from A to B.
You can play this puzzle via the following link: https://sudokupad.app/0u1oe8ztv2
I hope that you enjoy this puzzle. Feedback in the comments is always appreciated!
Solution code: Row 9, read from left to right
Solved by Mattisahuman, Ciphon, gdc, dzamie, SKORP17, DigitCounter, brim_ber, hire_92, chis_r, michael_a, Exigus, sze, zobster, Counterfeitly, Deivi55, Crul, memres, ax_86, trevor, johnreid, zrbakhtiar, pepe74287
Comments
on 4. December 2025, 05:06 by Exigus
Really cool concept, thanks!
on 3. December 2025, 19:32 by dzamie
Neat variant! I was surprised how useful the red circles were, considering how limited they seemed to be compared to their grey siblings.
