Duplicitous Arrows
(Published on 26. October 2026, 00:44 by Calvinball)
I enjoyed marty's new Liar Cells so much, I was inspired to make one myself!
If you have any questions feel free to DM me on Discord.
Happy solving!
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-9 once in every row, column, and box.
- Liar Cells: Every row, column and 3x3 box contains one liar cell, whose real value is different from its digit.
- Every liar cell contains a different digit from 1-9.
- Every liar cell has a different value from 1-9.
- Double Arrows. The sum of the values in the circles is equal to the sum of the values on the attached line. Values are allowed to repeat in the circles and on the lines as normally allowed by other rules.
- X Sums. Values separated by an X must sum to 10, not all X's are given.
Solution code: VALUES in Column 9, top to bottom.
Comments
on 29. October 2026, 19:53 by rdesmarais2
This was very hard for me but I could not put it down. Wonderful puzzle thank you!
on 28. October 2026, 18:17 by DaniK
Really difficult but super fun! Lovely puzzle
on 28. October 2026, 09:49 by Piatato
Brilliant!
on 27. October 2026, 10:44 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Lovely, hard and rewarding steps along a brilliant solvepath. Thanks!
on 27. October 2026, 00:11 by Chaka
What a cool setting and very well fitting into the brillant Marty Sears untruthful series. Ngl (hehe...) this was a clear 5* puzzle for me but I enjoyed it a lot. Thank you for setting and sharing!
on 26. October 2026, 22:12 by Mad-Tyas
Very satisfying to solve!
on 26. October 2026, 21:06 by mathpesto
This was fantastically set! Every time I thought I was stuck, there was something new waiting to be discovered :)
on 26. October 2026, 20:37 by Adrian71
What an absolute joy to solve! Huge compliments on the brilliant setting
on 26. October 2026, 20:16 by garomo
One of the toughest puzzles I ever solved, but very rewarding in the end! 5* for me too, thanks for the challenge!
on 26. October 2026, 16:12 by mihel111
Tough but fun.
Very well done.
on 26. October 2026, 02:17 by sujoyku
Wow, what a puzzle! 5* difficulty for me, but it shows all the beauty of the liar variant. Take a bow, Calvinball, this one is spectacular.
on 26. October 2026, 00:50 by marty_sears
Woo this was a tough one for me! Some of the tricks here I should have been familiar with from my own Liar Cell series, but it still took me a while to spot some of them here! But... when I did eventually spot things, it always came with that lovely sense of satisfaction and excitement to be able to progress a bit further. A few of the deductions towards the end were delightful to uncover. Very well constructed, and nice to see somebody else's take on this core liar cell idea!
