Stairway to Heaven
(Published on 19. May 2026, 18:08 by NotVeryNeat)
I have been playing with this idea of cages and the diagonal constraint for a while now, and have finally made something that works! Hope you enjoy :)
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Diagonal: The positive diagonal, marked with a blue line, contains a set of digits 1 to 9.
Cages: Digits in cages must not repeat, and must sum to the total given in the top-left corner.
Entropic Lines: Any set of three digits along a peach line must contain one small digit (1, 2, 3), one medium digit (4, 5, 6), and one large digit (7, 8, 9).
Sudokupad
Solution code: Box 9 in Western reading order. (Left to right, top to bottom)
Comments
on 27. May 2026, 08:32 by SocratesRanz
Very fun puzzle. That was song stuck in my head the whole time. Don't know if that helped or hurt. Thanks!
on 26. May 2026, 20:07 by SocratesRanz
Very fun puzzle. That was song stuck in my head the whole time. Don't know if that helped or hurt. Thanks!
on 21. May 2026, 23:11 by AnebodaSlatorp
Lovely thank you
on 21. May 2026, 08:36 by hundertzwoelf
Brilliant construction!
Had to start over an hour into the solve, but it was worth it!
on 21. May 2026, 06:22 by Exigus
Beautiful.
on 20. May 2026, 13:10 by galium_odoratum
Wow, it is one of the rare occasions where I add a cage based puzzle to my favourites, but this one deserves it. Very well constructed and fun to solve, thank you for setting this gem!
on 20. May 2026, 08:59 by Snookerfan
Very nice puzzle, smooth all the way through, thanks!
on 19. May 2026, 21:33 by sujoyku
I had a similar experience as nunc. I had to rethink my approach to get the crucial break-through which I enjoyed mightily. Thank you for this lovely puzzle, NotVeryNeat!
on 19. May 2026, 21:16 by nunc
It all went smoothly with coloring low-mid-hi, and then I got stuck. Using more colors helped me out! Thanks for this beautiful puzzle!
