Stolen Numerals XVII-Lean
(Published on 19. December 2025, 18:24 by NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Cells connected by an X must sum to 10.
Cells connected by an V must sum to 5.
The green dots are either X or V.
All X's and V's are given.
Cells connected by an blue square must sum to 7.
All blue squares are given
Leaning Sandwich: Arrows with a number outside the grid indicate the sum of the digits located between the 1 and 9 on the indicated diagonal, There can be only one [1] and one [9] on a indicated diagonal.
All possible leaning Sandwich clues are given.
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Bless you!
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Example
All possible leaning Sandwich diagonals are given on the grid below.
Solution code: give the digits of column 2 (top to bottom)
Comments
yesterday, 19:27 by FoulMoodPotato
Absolutely beautiful puzzle, thank you!
Happy Holidays to all!
on 19. December 2025, 20:00 by NurglesGift
Congrats and thank you,
I'm not 100% sure you need the negative constraint on the blue squares but I'm sure it gives some small shortcuts in the solve :)
on 19. December 2025, 19:42 by GraphZahl81
Finally I'm the first person to solve a puzzle. ;)
I really liked the leaning sandwich rule, in particular the negative constraint was really interesting.
I don't recall ever using the negative constraint on the blue squares, but I might have just forgotten. And even if it were not necessary, it fits perfectly into the theme of the puzzle.
