Bargain Hunting at the Five and Dime - Version 1
(Eingestellt am 25. Juli 2023, 19:40 Uhr von HalfBakedLunatic)
The Rules
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Orthogonally adjacent cells must not sum to 5 or 10
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number printed in its corner
• 3 cell cages have 2 digits that sum to either 5 or 10
• 4 cell cages have two separate pairs of digits that each sum to either 5 or 10 (For clarity - "separate pairs" means that combinations such as 1/4/9 do not make up the two pairs)
• Digits along each thermometer must increase starting from the bulb end
Solve Online here:
Bargain Hunting at the Five and Dime - Version 1 (CTC)
Bargain Hunting at the Five and Dime - Version 1 (F-Puzzles)
I came up with this idea of an XV negative constraint for the whole puzzle, yet requiring pairs of digits in cages to still add to five or ten. During development/testing I tried dropping the thermometers and ended up with two different puzzles. They are both about the same level of difficulty and I couldn't choose between them - so I'm posting both!
Enjoy the puzzle and please let me know how you like it.
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
• Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
• Orthogonally adjacent cells must not sum to 5 or 10
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number printed in its corner
• 3 cell cages have 2 digits that sum to either 5 or 10
• 4 cell cages have two separate pairs of digits that each sum to either 5 or 10 (For clarity - "separate pairs" means that combinations such as 1/4/9 do not make up the two pairs)
• Digits along each thermometer must increase starting from the bulb end
Solve Online here:
Bargain Hunting at the Five and Dime - Version 1 (CTC)
Bargain Hunting at the Five and Dime - Version 1 (F-Puzzles)
I came up with this idea of an XV negative constraint for the whole puzzle, yet requiring pairs of digits in cages to still add to five or ten. During development/testing I tried dropping the thermometers and ended up with two different puzzles. They are both about the same level of difficulty and I couldn't choose between them - so I'm posting both!
Enjoy the puzzle and please let me know how you like it.
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Lösungscode: Row 3, left to right
Gelöst von SKORP17, jalebc, Xalothros, sasheo, kkli, OutOfMyMindBRB, Xerix, onbu, bansalsaab, by81996672, pepe74287, EmperorAugustus, butch02, dskaff, DiMono, Criptonight, BobAndWeave, Askloomok, Julianl, flipout, karen_birgitta, PinkNickels, lovely, PippoForte
Kommentare
am 25. September 2023, 16:48 Uhr von PinkNickels
Tricky and fun! Nice one
Zuletzt geändert am 28. Juli 2023, 01:50 Uhr
am 27. Juli 2023, 23:56 Uhr von Criptonight
The trick with the 3 on the thermometers - very clever.
-- Thank you @Criptonight, are you in The Netherlands? I will be there next month.
Zuletzt geändert am 28. Juli 2023, 01:49 Uhr
am 27. Juli 2023, 22:08 Uhr von DiMono
This puzzle becomes much easier when you remember how anti-XV works :D
-- Thank you DiMono, always great to hear from you! Yes, this can be quite tricky if you don't get the XV impact on the cages, and fairly easy once you see it!
