Nice Dream
(Published on 25. April 2025, 06:13 by juggler)
Place a digit from 1-9 in each cell so that every digit appears once in every row, column, and box. (For clarity, there are 6 rows, 6 columns, and 54 cells in the puzzle).
THERMO - Digits increase along thermometer lines, starting from the bulb.
KROPKI - Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot are in a 2:1 ratio.
ANTIDIAGONAL - Digits cannot repeat in cells along the marked diagonal.
Solution code: Row 6
Comments
on 8. May 2025, 08:49 by woody
My solve path used many pencilmarking on the small cells to organise my thought, which I accomplished by using surrounding cells to make some zoom in. But that does not mean the puzzle should not be made ! Many people, including me, enjoyed it very much.
Maybe just put a warning that the solver might need to use a side paper and an actual pencil to avoid frustration like described in the comment below.
Thanks for all your puzzles juggler. They are wonderful !
on 28. April 2025, 18:42 by Nagesh
It's a frustrating exercise in pencil marking. If the software doesn't fully support this kinda puzzle then it shouldn't be made
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juggler: The solve path is such that you should not have to pencilmark multiple candidates for the small cells; I spent a lot of time ensuring that was the case.
on 26. April 2025, 00:21 by Derren
Great Puzzle, needed excel/sheets to help organize though!
on 25. April 2025, 21:04 by Voidslime
Very cool! I look forward to seeing more. Would new puzzle tech make it possible for the small cells to be individually selectable? I struggled to organize my thoughts and pencil marks in sudokupad.
on 25. April 2025, 15:20 by Br1312te
Took me a minute to figure out what the rules meant and how I could fill in this puzzle, but then I really enjoyed it!
on 25. April 2025, 13:49 by The Book Wyrm
Nice puzzle! Smooth solve with some nice logic in the opening. Pretty impressively minimal as well.
on 25. April 2025, 13:41 by Franjo
The 2nd dream was really nice and funny! Enjoyed each single step following the solution path. Thank you very much for creating and sharing another lovely puzzle.
on 25. April 2025, 10:22 by Exigus
Amazing. Thanks!
on 25. April 2025, 10:07 by marcmees
Smooth. thanks
on 25. April 2025, 08:51 by zeniko
Thanks for setting and sharing this beautiful brainwrecker (and many others)!
BTW: The solution code is to row 6 (with the thermo cells in reading order).
