Filling up the corners (Renban, Entropic, Sandwich Sums)
(Eingestellt am 18. Mai 2025, 09:58 Uhr von fractalJim)
Let me know what you think in the comments.
Normal Sudoku rules apply:Place the digits 1 to 9 once each in each row, column, and box.
Purple (Renban) Lines: Purple lines contain a set of consecutive non-repeating digits in any order.
Orange (Entropic) Lines: On orange lines every group of three consecutive cells contains one low cell (1,2,3) one medium cell (4,5,6) and one high cell (7,8,9).
Sandwich Sums: A number outside the grid indicates the sum of the digits between the 1 and the 9 in the associated row or column.
Lösungscode: Enter the digits in the eigth (8th) row of the puzzle from left to right
Kommentare
am 20. Mai 2025, 22:56 Uhr von VitP
OUTSTANDING.
Some people may have noticed that I have been on a personal crusade here, risking a ban, because many of the ratings have NO connection to reality.
This shows up most obviously when a puzzle gets an "easy"-type difficulty rating but, objectively, it is "easy, for experts", which does NOT mean the same thing.
Occasionally, the difficulty rated is objectively too high.
This is liable to cause annoyance to SOLVERS.
What is likely to be quite offensive for SETTERS is when they work and work and polish and polish and create an OUTSTANDING puzzle, such as this one, and then a bunch of numpties give it the thumbs down.
And did I say, this is an OUTSTANDING puzzle. 100% quality.
Hints, if you find it too hard.
1) What effect do the two long renbans have on box 2 ?
2) THEN, what effect does a 6 in row 3 have ?
3) THEN, what happens when you combine the above results ?
This is pretty much an "experts only" puzzle, BUT a couple hints are all a beginner will need to solve it.
am 18. Mai 2025, 21:44 Uhr von wuc
Great puzzle. I love the break in. Great fun to play tjx.
am 18. Mai 2025, 13:30 Uhr von rameshsrivats
Nice puzzle. After some initial thinking, it followed a very tight smooth path.
am 18. Mai 2025, 13:13 Uhr von RockyRoer
Nice use of symmetry in the top rows and in the first and last two columns -- that was fun! Thanks for sharing!
