Today we have puzzle created for Scojo's prompt, as redeemed by isamook, to create a puzzle with a single grid and multiple solutions :-)
I estimate difficulty to be 3*, however I have decided to post it as 2* according to testers' feedback.
I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Region whisper: Choose whether you want turquoise line to be a German whisper line or a region sum line:
German whisper: Neighbouring digits along a line have a difference of at least 5.
Region sum: Box borders divide a line into segments which have the same sum.
Remaining constraints are standard:
Antiking: Identical digits cannot appear in cells a chess king’s move apart.
Little killer: A clue outside the grid gives the sum of the digits along the indicated diagonal.
Diagonal: Digits along the marked blue diagonals must not repeat.
Renban: Digits along a purple line form a set of non-repeating consecutive digits in any order.
Thermometer: Digits along a gray thermometer increase from bulb to tip.
Quadruples: Digits in a circle must appear within the four surrounding cells.
Killer: Digits in a cage sum to the total given.
Black kropki dots: Digits in cells joined by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio (i.e., one digit will be double the other). Not all dots are given.
X: Digits in cells joined by an X sum to 10. Not all Xs are given.
Maximum: Digit in a cell with a greater-than sign pointing inwards is greater than all digits in orthogonally adjacent cells.
Minimum: Digit in a cell with a less-than sign pointing inwards is smaller than all digits in orthogonally adjacent cells.
Choose how you want to solve:
Both without solution check: SudokuPad Link
German Whisper with solution check: SudokuPad Link
Region Sum with solution check: SudokuPad Link
Solution code: Ninth (9th) column of the grid from top to bottom of German Whisper version followed by ninth (9th) column of the grid from top to bottom of Region Sum version (18 digits total).
on 23. December 2025, 06:29 by VitP
the rs version is definitely level 2.
so is the gw version ...
but here you have to find how the 1s force the 14 cage, and good luck with that.
on 22. December 2025, 02:53 by PinkNickels
Surprisingly, I found the RSL version to be easier. But that may just be because I did the GW first. Fun one!
on 21. December 2025, 09:11 by SecondBlue
So nice I solved it twice. 3 stars for me.