Escape Velocity (Arrow/XV)
(Published on 3. June 2025, 22:53 by damo_89)
Standard arrow, XV and white dots, but some fairly complex interactions. Consensus testing opinion was 4 stars. Good luck!
- Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1 to 9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box
- Arrows: Digits on an arrow sum to the digit in the attached circle
- XV: Digits separated by an X sum to 10. Digits separated by a V sum to 5
- Kropki: Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive
- No negative constraint, i.e. Not all dots or XV are necessarily given
Download full solution guide (PDF)
NB: Credit where it is due, the break-in for this puzzle came after solving Because 7s 8s 9s by Tank. I liked it so much I wanted to build a puzzle around one specific step.
Solution code: Row 1
Solved by mellowrobinson, tuturitu, jalebc, Bjd, blueberrypug, paranoid, BlackWolf, Dentones, Elliott810, Snookerfan, GeorgeTheToad2, SKORP17, MalkoMann2, Chelo, chenghui, Clara123, bansalsaab, Shmartus, ... shteev, StazStazStaz, ghosting, Zanno, mbumbee, nunc, tome_coelho, killer_rectangle, asver, ThePedallingPianist, ChinStrap, karlmortenlunna, Angara, earthpuzzles, zzw, Zzzzz..., PippoForte
Comments
on 20. June 2025, 22:38 by shteev
Very nice construction! Had to reverse engineer the final disambiguation, tho.
Last changed on 4. June 2025, 18:16
on 4. June 2025, 18:16 by Exigus
Wow that was pretty tricky. Loved it. Thanks!
on 4. June 2025, 11:10 by Snookerfan
Excellent, thank you!
on 4. June 2025, 10:48 by Elliott810
Beautiful puzzle! Thank you:)
