Erica 46
(Published on 22. March 2026, 13:00 by SennyK)
Recently, Erica kept on being not so easy to be solved, so I thought it would be nice to share a very approachable one with you! :-)
I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.
Normal sudoku rules apply.
German whisper: Adjacent digits along a green line have a difference of at least 5.
V: Digits in cells joined by a V sum to 5. Not all Vs are necessarily given.
If you liked this puzzle, I recommend trying out my other puzzles: The Erica Series:★☆☆☆☆: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 17, 23, 26, 27, 31, 32
★★☆☆☆: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 45
★★★☆☆: 9, 19, 21, 22, 28, 33, 37, 38, 41, 44, 45
★★★★☆: 36, 39, 43 Shading/Ying-Yang:
★★☆☆☆: Pretty Odd Shaded Area
★★★☆☆: (+5)-Yang, Negative 8 YY
★★★★☆: Aim High! (YY)
★★★★★: Why-Why? Modifiers:
★★★☆☆: Modified Flat Mates, Neighbourhood Watch Fog of War:
★☆☆☆☆: Erica 12, Erica 17
★★☆☆☆: It's What You Do in the Dark That Puts You in the Light, Find It All, What the Fog?, Erica 20, Erica 29
★★★☆☆: Broken Flashlight in the Dark Pencil Puzzle/Sudoku Hybrid:
★★☆☆☆: Masyu (Short) Sudoku, Heyawake Sudoku (Given Regions)
★★★☆☆: Tetromino Sudoku
★★★★★: Heyawake Sudoku
Pairometers:
★★☆☆☆: Pairometers (6x6 Pack 1), Pairometers
★★★☆☆: Pairometers (6x6 Pack 2), Pairometers (6x6 Pack 3) Various Puzzles:
★☆☆☆☆: Blown Fuses in Electrical Installation, Let Me Introduce Myself, French Wrench, GAS Regional Constraints, Quadsumes, Snack Latin Arrows
★★☆☆☆: Symmetrical Fan, Night Club, Important Hour on the Clock, What Was the Sum Again?, Disgroup Joints, 10-Arrows, Antiking Dutch Skyscrapers, (Not so) Little Killers, Indexing Sword, Larna's HoneyMoon
★★★☆☆: Cops & Robbers, Positive Symmetry, Doppelgänger Killer 1-25, Region Whisper Line, Christmas Chaos
★★★★☆: Liars. Liars Everywhere., Sandwiched XV Squishmates, Fireworks 2025, (Yin)German Pairrows, Little Galaxy
★★★★★: Any NEWS?, Potentially Pointer, Possibly Parity Party
Solution code: First (1st) column of the grid from top to bottom.
Comments
on 28. March 2026, 18:07 by Gene The Supreme
As a setter who has dabbled in crossword construction and is conversant with the culture there, I'm very impressed with how little extra you needed to add to the grid art to get a smooth solve path (give or take me not resolving a 23 connected to a 7 (or was it a 78 connected to a 3?)), especially considering how hard the grid art is to tweak arbitraily without making it obvious.
on 23. March 2026, 15:41 by VitP
requires very careful scanning to keep it at level 1
on 22. March 2026, 17:31 by Myfyr MJ
Very nice but nearer 2 stars for me - I need to go to Specsavers!
on 22. March 2026, 15:45 by sujoyku
Lovely approachable puzzle!
on 22. March 2026, 15:45 by damo_89
Easy dubz
