Tithe
(Published on 19. May 2026, 05:30 by NicoD)
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be completely shaded or unshaded.
The shading splits each line into segments which sum to 10. Digits may repeat within a segment.
Solution code: Column 5
Comments
on 29. May 2026, 01:03 by jez9999
Quite nice though at least 4* for me, I verged on bifurcation a couple of times to resolve some segments.
on 21. May 2026, 21:49 by marcmees
Nice one. Thanks
on 21. May 2026, 20:15 by Djirt
Спасибо, великолепный пазл!
on 21. May 2026, 01:05 by LeoVici
Very fun solve, thanks!
on 20. May 2026, 23:27 by Exigus
Another really great puzzle, thanks!
on 20. May 2026, 16:24 by vitaminz
Agree with the nice comments here: this is one of your best
on 20. May 2026, 15:08 by jwsinclair
Fantastic puzzle :)
on 20. May 2026, 09:53 by fitzie
This is one of the best puzzles of the year. I don't really know how I solved it, I even got the shading wrong between the two lines. Of course I spotted this because I needed to complete the shading. I would have rated this even higher if the solution code somehow required correct shading.
on 19. May 2026, 22:00 by sujoyku
Amazing puzzle! It has instantly become my new favourite Yin Yang. Thank you for this treat, NicoD!
on 19. May 2026, 19:54 by Adrian71
Simply brilliant! It's amazing how you keep on producing those high quality and interesting puzzles at this dazzling rate. Thank you so much!
on 19. May 2026, 18:00 by Chaka
Lovely! Really beautiful logic in this one. Thanks a lot for sharing these high quality puzzles with us, Nico, in this frequency is indeed astonishing! <3
on 19. May 2026, 17:27 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing another beautiful puzzle. The combination of YY and Tenlines works perfect.
on 19. May 2026, 17:07 by Lithium-Ion
One of the best puzzles out there. Always challenging and interesting, but never unfair. Thanks a lot for this gem!
on 19. May 2026, 14:56 by Douglass
I just want to take a moment to say how astonishing it is that you produce so many brilliant puzzles every single day. Please let us know if there is a setting video or something where we can get a glimpse of your process! Thank you once again
on 19. May 2026, 11:06 by Snookerfan
Excellent! Very powerful interactions between the constraints, always an easy to find way forward and a brilliant finish. Thanks
on 19. May 2026, 08:07 by mihel111
A very nice haha moment to close this one.
on 19. May 2026, 07:08 by Elliott810
Brilliant puzzle! Thank you:)
