The Cross We Bear
(Published today, 11:34 by SirWoezel)
Here's my Easter puzzle, which I actually made for another great puzzlemaker who, to the best of my knowledge, invented the parity party clue and whose puzzles I miss.
Parity Lines: Numbers in cells directly connected by a red line must alternate between odd and even numbers.
Parity Party: Clues outside the grid indicate the sum of all cells encountered moving into the grid from that vantage point, up to and including the first odd or first even digit. For example, a 15-clue could indicate something like 7-8, 6-9 or 1-3-5-6 but NOT 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-6-3-4. If the clue is less than 10, it's possible that it reflects just the value of the first seen digit!
Renban: The purple lines are standard renban lines.
X: The value of X, which has to be determined by solver, is the same everywhere. The digits in the golden ornaments of the cross also add to X. All possible X's have been given.
As always, have fun.
Thanks Glum.
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Solution code: Row 5
Comments
today, 20:18 by Playmaker6174
Holy crackers, what an engaging puzzle till the very end! I adored how the value of X was deduced through different tricks, but the puzzle didn't give up after that and I had to spend a looong while in the later half to finally achieve the desired breakthroughs.
A real head-scratching solve overall, but it also utilized Parity Party constraint to the limit there x)
today, 15:08 by SirWoezel
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