X---V*5
(Published on 25. April 2025, 06:00 by NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Orthogonally adjacent cells can not sum to 5 or 10.
Two lines of the same length and same color are connected X lines.
Counting from the bulb, the first cell of each connected X line sum to 10. the second cell of each line sum to 10 etc.
There is a 3x3 magic square somewhere in the grid.
(A magic square is a 3x3 square with the digits 1-9 where all rows, columns and diagonals have the same sum)
.............................
Note that 5 can be on a line.
--------------------------------
Feel free to recommend this puzzle to anyone.
Feel free to take special rules for your own puzzle.
Feel free to give feedback.
Bless you!
---------------------------------
Example
Solution code: give the digits of column 8 (top to bottom)
Comments
on 30. April 2025, 21:09 by danroberts
I thought it deserved 5 stars
on 28. April 2025, 15:34 by NurglesGift
I put this one as 4* and I think that is fair.
Sure after the break in you could argue it's no more then 3*. but then again even if the logic is not extreme I'm sure many people spend hours on the solve. and then should a puzzle rating be for people who done other puzzles of this kind or for completely new people? :)
on 28. April 2025, 12:06 by mse326
I don't normally comment to say a difficulty rating is wrong (though I have given my personal thoughts on difficulty) because ultimately what is easy/hard for one person can be totally different for another. So a crowd made difficulty will be fine. But I have to say this one seems way off. If you have any familiarity with this ruleset and magic squares (which I think is most of the community) this is pretty routine and is more a 2.5* puzzle, imo. Unless I really screwed up logic somewhere but got lucky this is no where close to 5*
on 26. April 2025, 20:58 by krytolandros
I love this series of puzzles so much. Please keep making them!
on 25. April 2025, 18:41 by Exigus
I had to resort to some light bifurcation just at the start, after that flowed very nicely.
on 25. April 2025, 15:40 by NurglesGift
Thank you, Have fun :)
on 25. April 2025, 15:34 by ZornsLemon
Just noticed your recent earlier puzzles with the similar constraints. Definitely gonna check them out as well.
on 25. April 2025, 15:17 by ZornsLemon
Some really unique logic and a beautiful solve path. Absolutely stunning.
