Scattered Packages
(Published on 6. January 2025, 20:22 by fjam)
This puzzle uses the unique ordered sums constraint; a twist on killer cages where rankings are given instead of actual totals. Enjoy!
This was the first of two puzzles I constructed for Flinty in the CTC Discord 2024 Secret Santa. In response to a request for maths based puzzles at the easier end of the difficulty range, I thought this constraint would work well, using simple arithmetic restrictions and killer combination logic.
The second Secret Santa puzzle can be found here: Dented Box
Solve video links in hidden comments: Flinty, Bremster
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- In cages, digits must not repeat and sum to a total. All totals are ranked in ascending order and these rankings are displayed in the top left corner of each cage.
This was the first of two puzzles I constructed for Flinty in the CTC Discord 2024 Secret Santa. In response to a request for maths based puzzles at the easier end of the difficulty range, I thought this constraint would work well, using simple arithmetic restrictions and killer combination logic.
The second Secret Santa puzzle can be found here: Dented Box
Solve video links in hidden comments: Flinty, Bremster
Solution code: Row 1, Row 9
Last changed on on 26. July 2025, 00:21
Solved by Flinty, Mr_tn, noodlehead, wuc, CitrusGremlin, Piatato, killer_rectangle, mathpesto, chis_r, paranoid, tgstar, cbjenkins, marcmees, jwsinclair, Bellsita, Ploctypus, IvoryLinnie, keenbowl, M8tyw31, ... Carolin, Selsted, MontanaPearl, The Bard, Lovejoy , edd, abadx, isajo4002, Crusader175, asver, pepe74287, Zeddecks, nimish, OGRussHood, Vaurien, schnitzl, Sewerin, sujoyku, olliwright, jalebc
Comments
on 18. August 2025, 15:03 by sujoyku
Wonderful puzzle! Thank you, fjam!
on 7. January 2025, 20:44 by josemadre
Clever!
on 7. January 2025, 00:01 by Piatato
Lovely!
on 6. January 2025, 21:49 by wuc
Nice math puzzle. Got it without taking notes but it was challenging... and great fun.
on 6. January 2025, 20:26 by Flinty
Although the Packages may have been Scattered,
It's an excellent puzzle, and that's what mattered!
You were a great, no longer secret, Secret Santa.
Thank you. :)
