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Gears

(Eingestellt am 11. März 2025, 01:05 Uhr von ThePedallingPianist)

Not my usual style - you can tell that from the length of the rules! - but something quite approachable seemed like a nice idea.

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Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in a cage do not repeat and sum to the given total.

Lösungscode: Row 5, left to right

Zuletzt geändert am 11. März 2025, 09:38 Uhr

Gelöst von gdc, SocratesRanz, sujoyku, The Bard, gamlesvarten, Joyofrandomness, Dermerlin, humm42, paranoid, tuturitu, mobiustrip, Bjd, smckinley, Hamsterbase, mse326, MSDOS, starfall, Squiz, seeppp, jalebc, ... KoopaKoops, BlackApolloX, SudokuHero, Firebird, ninjamunk, Ezawa, TCK Green, rich_27, The Book Wyrm, tuoni2, augsod, Cyanogenoid, MrBeachHut, abadx, agvard, DylanRay, ratolibre, allama, PinkNickels
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am 28. August 2025, 18:46 Uhr von PinkNickels
Excellent setting. Break-in was fantastic.

am 1. August 2025, 17:42 Uhr von abadx
3 stars from my side due to the advance techniques needed to crack the puzzle

Zuletzt geändert am 18. Mai 2025, 12:46 Uhr

am 18. Mai 2025, 12:45 Uhr von TCK Green
I was one of those intermediate solvers who almost gve up straight away because I couldn't see the break in, but VitP's about 'pressure point' comment prompted my brain just enough that it ended up getting there. Thank you VitP!

Also, this was a *very* neat puzzle once I worked that out, thank you TPP for setting it!

am 12. März 2025, 08:58 Uhr von Voidslime
Very fun and satisfying puzzle! I agree with your thought that the break in may favor experienced solvers. Even after the break in the challenges were unique and i enjoyed making progress. I gave the difficulty a 3

am 12. März 2025, 04:23 Uhr von waffles_the_dog
Lovely and approachable break in :D

am 12. März 2025, 02:50 Uhr von juddimal
Beautiful construction

am 11. März 2025, 18:04 Uhr von OGRussHood
A great killer sudoku, but I couldn't help but channel Peter Griffin several times in saying out loud, "You know what really grinds my gears?"

am 11. März 2025, 16:31 Uhr von harwiltz
Beautiful! I had the same experience as Hamsterbase. Took me about 25m to get started, and then it just flowed continuously.

am 11. März 2025, 15:07 Uhr von Franjo
Beautiful setting! Thank you very much for creating and sharing this lovely puzzle.

Zuletzt geändert am 11. März 2025, 13:05 Uhr

am 11. März 2025, 13:00 Uhr von Visumation
Really enjoyed that. Thanks
I will say 2*, however, I have friends who would rate this 3-4 because they wouldn’t know/see the small tricks outside the cages. So I gave it a “small” 3.

am 11. März 2025, 10:58 Uhr von Snookerfan
Very nice! Thank you

am 11. März 2025, 09:38 Uhr von ThePedallingPianist
Not the first time I've totally forgotten to write "do not repeat and" in the killer rules, my apologies!

am 11. März 2025, 08:59 Uhr von VitP
i think that the very CONCEPT of the "pressure point" is out of reach of beginners, and even many intermediate solvers won't know it, so the difficulty must be 3/5.

Zuletzt geändert am 11. März 2025, 09:40 Uhr

am 11. März 2025, 08:54 Uhr von Snaques
Great puzzle. I loved how it progressed in a very satisfactory way.

I kind of get that the cage rules should state that numbers can't repeat, but maybe that is the "standard cage rule".

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TPP: You're absolutely right, I just forgot! Thanks for spotting this. Fixed now :)

Zuletzt geändert am 11. März 2025, 09:39 Uhr

am 11. März 2025, 08:02 Uhr von VitP
hang on now.
"normal sudoku rules apply" says NOTHING about any variant rules. therefore it is NOT valid to assume that digits cannot repeat in cages. and i suspect that the puzzle then becomes unsolvable.

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TPP: You're absolutely right - I always forget to write the "do not repeat" part of killer rules, sorry about that! Thank you for spotting. Edited now :)

am 11. März 2025, 07:13 Uhr von Hamsterbase
What a terrific puzzle. It took me ages (over 20 minutes) to get going, but once started it flowed really beautifully. Many thanks.

am 11. März 2025, 06:04 Uhr von mobiustrip
Beautiful puzzle!

am 11. März 2025, 02:52 Uhr von sujoyku
Very nice puzzle! Approachable, and yet full of fun little tricks. Thank you, TPP!

Schwierigkeit:2
Bewertung:97 %
Gelöst:199 mal
Beobachtet:8 mal
ID:000MD0

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