28 on the Orient Express
(Published on 26. May 2026, 17:25 by Reaperskill)
This is my first puzzle, so the difficulty measure may be slightly inaccurate - I can't really compare with puzzles I didn't design, as obviously the tricks this uses are ones I understood in order to put them in here.
Rules
1] Normal Sudoku rules apply.
2] The cages are "killer cages", for which the totals must be determined. Digits cannot repeat within a cage. No two cages have the same total.
3] Draw a single continuous orthogonal path - the train - that passes through each cage exactly once, starting in one of the circles and ending in the other. It enters the cages in descending order of their values.
4] Black dots indicate that one cell is double the value of the other. The line may not pass through black dots.
5] More-than symbols ">" indicate that the value in the cell at the wide end is greater than the cell at the narrow point. The line must pass through all these symbols, and must do so in the direction they are pointing.
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Solution code: The first ten digits of the path, starting at the end with the higher value.
Last changed on on 27. May 2026, 01:20
Solved by Gunkan, Piff, Calvinball, lune, dskaff, lanna, Snookerfan, Joyofrandomness, sehringdipity
Comments
on 27. May 2026, 14:16 by Snookerfan
Great debut! Some really nice steps in the solve. Thanks
on 27. May 2026, 01:20 by Reaperskill
Added some extra tags to make this easier to find (Kropki and Greater Than)
on 26. May 2026, 22:43 by Calvinball
Congrats on publishing your first puzzle, I enjoyed it!
on 26. May 2026, 21:20 by Gunkan
Great puzzle, took me some time to realise there was more maths in this, difficulty 2.5?