Banana Split
(Published on 17. February 2026, 19:45 by MSDOS)
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This puzzle was made for Scojo's weekly puzzle prompt. This is a continuation of juggler's prompt, which was to create a puzzle using another setter's invented constraint from the previous week. I really enjoyed Marty Sears' puzzle, Split Ends, but wanted to take it a bit of a different direction so that the logic felt fresh and didn't borrow too much from the original puzzle's patterns. I hope you enjoy!
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Placement Clues:
All grey cells outside the grid must be filled with a digit. A digit outside the grid (N) must appear in the Nth cell from the corresponding cell's border. (ex. a 1 outside the grid means that a 1 is placed in the 1st cell inside the corresponding grid border.)
Lines:
Each horizontal blonde line sums to a 2 digit number. These two digits are outside the grid at the start and end of its row, in some order.
Each vertical brunette line also sums to a 2 digit number. These two digits are outside the grid at the top and bottom of its column, in some order.
Placement Clue Example:
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Solution code: Column 5 from top to bottom. (9 digits)
Comments
on 20. February 2026, 06:34 by juddimal
Great addition
on 18. February 2026, 20:40 by Exigus
Very nice reinterpretation, placement clues got more and more powerful as you go.
on 18. February 2026, 10:07 by Snookerfan
Very nice! I found this one easier than Marty's, because the constraint is more powerful. Thanks
on 18. February 2026, 07:13 by Angara
Beautiful puzzle! Little bit harder than Marty's variant. Thank you
on 17. February 2026, 20:32 by Manta-Ray
Very nice! The placement clues were a very interesting ruleset, really enjoyed solving this - thanks!
on 17. February 2026, 19:52 by marty_sears
Very nice adaptation of my Split Ends puzzle! The logic did indeed feel quite fresh because of how the lines combined with the indexing clues. Particularly enjoyed row 6 :) Really slick setting
