EXclusiVe 6
(Published on 28. March 2026, 10:39 by NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Cells connected by an X must sum to 10.
Cells connected by an V must sum to 5.
Digits in a cage sum to the number in the top-left corner.
Numbers outside of the grid indicates the sum of the digits on the indicated diagonal.
Digits along blue(diamond) lines have the same sum within each box the line passes through.
Adjacent digits along green lines must differ by 5 or more.
Digits on pink(circle) lines must be a set of consecutive digits in any order.
Digits on gellow lines must be a set of non-consecutive digits in any order.
Cells connected by a white dot must be consecutive.
Any constraint type can not have a repeated digit in the puzzle. (if a cage contained a 1, no other cage can contain a 1.)
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Feel free to take special rules for your own puzzle.
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Bless you!
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Solution code: give the digits of column 4 (top to bottom)
Comments
on 3. April 2026, 20:22 by AnebodaSlatorp
Thank you Nurgle
on 30. March 2026, 13:50 by Killer-Ly
I would give it 1*. It is amazing, that so many of us - me included - didn't notice the little killer.
A lovely 20 min solve. Thank you for setting!
on 30. March 2026, 01:56 by hamosphere
I used the 27 and thought the initial deduction from it was a pretty neat clue in the way it was used!
on 29. March 2026, 22:39 by Snaques
Very fun and moderately easy puzzle. As others have said, I didn't even register the little killer until I had finished the puzzle. Would be cleaner without it if you ask me.
on 29. March 2026, 21:56 by sparkymanu
Lovely exclusive constraints, I really enjoy those! Like the others, I didn't use at any point the little killer (even the exclusive part)
on 29. March 2026, 21:51 by SanFranSam
I didn't need the 27 clue either and I can barely solve 1* puzzles. ;)
on 29. March 2026, 19:55 by Karitsu
Very nice puzzle!! Would recommend editing the rules just a skosh to make it clearer that numbers do not repeat on lines. The example given reads: “if a cage contained a 1, no [OTHER] cage can contain a 1.” I would probably revise to something like: “if a blue line contained a 1, neither that line nor any other blue line can contain another 1.” In addition to saving people like me 20 minutes of thinking, “How can I resolve this line?!?”, I think this clarity would also make the little killer (which others have commented went unused) more immediately useful.
on 29. March 2026, 13:32 by Martina
Thank you, very nice indeed. Got a bit stuck because at first I failed to realise that numbers could not repeat on the blue line. Did not need the 27.
on 28. March 2026, 18:53 by faltenin
That was fun, thanks! (same as the others, didn't need the 27)
on 28. March 2026, 18:52 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing another EXclusiVe puzzle. But the 27-clue isn’t necessary, I think.
on 28. March 2026, 18:47 by Jeraldo82
Very nice puzzle, didn't use (need) the 27 little killer clue to solve it though.
on 28. March 2026, 15:40 by Mozart40
22:22 (for me) pure fun :)
on 28. March 2026, 13:48 by TCK Green
Lovely puzzle! Some of these eXclusiVes have been complete headscratchers, but this one flowed beautifully!
(Also 'gellow line' made my brain hang for a few seconds :D )
on 28. March 2026, 11:22 by Draxie
Very fun! Thanks.
