Green Traquenard
(Published on 4. October 2026, 13:07 by Kjupatrick)
Green Traquenard by Patrick Junke
Rules:
"Ah-ah-ah! Welcome, Sudoku cracker, to my latest cerebral masterpiece.
Normal Sudoku rules apply: place the digits 1–9 so that every row, column and 3×3 box contains each digit once.
A black dot between two cells means one digit is double the other.
A white dot means the digits are consecutive.
Now for the pièce de résistance: orthogonally adjacent digits may never both be even… how deliciously restrictive!
And the central 3×3 box is a magic square — its rows, columns and both main diagonals all sum to the same mysterious number. A true tour de force!
Along each green line, adjacent digits must differ by at least 5.
(The grey drawings are purely decorative. I’m an artist, you know.)
So tell me… will you deliver the coup de grâce to my crafted enigma?"
Here is a link to a SudokuPad version of the grid.
Solution code: The nine digits of the first column from top to bottom:
Comments
on 11. October 2026, 20:05 by BorisTheSnake
Very beautiful and easy, deserves to be much higher rating. There's one rule which basically solves the whole puzzle :)
Patrick> Too happy to read a comment like this. Thanks.
on 5. October 2026, 11:54 by philolologue
Loved it! A quick 18 minutes for me, flowed very smoothly and was just the right amount of challenging for a quick work break. Thanks!
Patrick> Thank you philolologue!
on 4. October 2026, 13:09 by Kjupatrick
Cancel and replace the first version of my "Green Traquenard" puzzle. Still a break, 2/5 difficulty after that.
