Contorted Reflection
(Published on 15. March 2025, 13:00 by meggen033)
4.) Entresol
Solve with SudokuPad
• Normal Sudoku rules apply.
• Digits along the negative diagonal cannot repeat.
• Adjacent cells connected with a X must sum to 10.
• Adjacent cells connected with a V must sum to 5.
• The digits along each arrow must sum to the digit in the circled cell.
• A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are given.
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Happy Solving and God Bless---
Solution code: Enter row 7 digits
Comments
on 28. March 2025, 07:27 by KyleBaran
That was a fantastic opening
on 17. March 2025, 16:54 by haddocksmack
I think this puzzle is a turning point for me. I've struggled with many puzzles, even 1* puzzles with the comments indicating the solver found it fairly straightforward. This is the first time for me that I found a puzzle fairly easy and the comments and rated difficulty indicate otherwise. I'm not intending to brag here, especially because I still find many of the puzzles to be more challenging to most do, but I am excited to feel like I may finally be getting these puzzles beyond just the fundamentals!
The break-in was tricky, but the rest of the puzzle flowed well from there. Another great puzzle, meggen033!
on 16. March 2025, 22:27 by wuc
The break in is 3* to me. After that 2*. Tricky to break the symmetry without a bit of look ahead. Great fun thx.
on 16. March 2025, 00:58 by Calvinball
Congrats on publishing your 200th puzzle! It's certainly a puzzle worth celebrating.
on 15. March 2025, 22:53 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 56:00
I rated this 3/5 difficulty.
Excellent puzzle! I really enjoyed all aspects of this puzzle, and it had some cool geometric ideas that were really interesting, although I found them quite tricky.
I agree with @sujoyku that this puzzle is harder than 2*. My nearly 1 hour solve time is more typical for a 3* difficulty puzzle, and it is very unusual for me to spend that long on a 2* puzzle.
The break-in was quite tricky, and it took me a long time to figure out the kropki/xv/arrow arrangements that didn't lead to a contradiction.
Upon first examination of the puzzle, it felt like there weren't enough constrained cells/areas to make any progress. There were quite a few possibilities for the center box's kropki pattern, which contributed to the "difficulty" for me. Once I began experimenting, I was able to make minor deductions until I finally placed a couple of digits (which took maybe 15-20 minutes). After that breakthrough, I still wasn't able to "crack" the puzzle, and I continued with my experimentation until I placed a second round of digits which ultimately allowed me to finish the puzzle. That second phase took me another ~20 minutes. The first phase felt like a harder 3* puzzle, and second phase felt like an easier 3*. The final portion of the solve (late midgame until the end) was around 2*.
Overall, this puzzle felt like a slightly tougher-than-usual @meggen033 puzzle, with a 'style' that, for some reason, brought to mind the break-in(s) for puzzles in the FoW series. The approach I took to this puzzle was very reminiscent of how I solve the puzzles in the FoW series, but sort of "beefed up" in difficulty/complexity (and, of course, without the fog aspect). Really enjoyed this one, and thanks for sharing!
on 15. March 2025, 15:31 by sujoyku
Awesome puzzle! I found it a little trickier than 2 stars. The geometry is stellar.
