The Aspiring Rook
(Published on 20. May 2025, 12:17 by Neb)
- Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1 to 9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- Anti-Knight: Cells a chess Knight's move away from each other may not contain the same digit.
- Unique Killer Cages: Within a cage, digits don't repeat and they must sum to the small number written in the top left of that cage. Additionally no digit may be used more than once among all the cages of the same sum.
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Solution code: Row 5, left to right
Comments
on 24. May 2025, 02:43 by BorisTheSnake
That was tough for me, the unmarked 2-cage was weird. I initially thought it added up to the same value as the single digit unmarked cage.
on 21. May 2025, 14:13 by argl
Had to use uniqueness, to my shame, but all is well that ends well :)
Thanks for setting!
on 21. May 2025, 01:01 by Neb
Originally the r34c2 cage was another 10 cage, but it made the solution path more fuzzy which I didn't like. Ultimately opted to leave it in for symmetry yeah.
on 21. May 2025, 00:27 by nunc
Awesome! Thanks a lot for sharing.
on 21. May 2025, 00:07 by Gullie
Very nice! Just wondering, was the unmarked cage that spans box 1 and 4 needed for the solve, or just to make it look nice and symmetric? :-). I didn’t use/need it anyways.
on 20. May 2025, 14:42 by rameshsrivats
Cool puzzle.
