Anti-Quads 6
(Published on 2. July 2025, 22:13 by The Bard)
Normal Sudoku rules apply, place the digits 1-9 in each row, column, and box.
Anti-Knight: Cells that are a Knight's move apart (in chess) may not contain the same digit.
Quadruples: Digits in a Quadruple circle must be placed at least once in the four cells touching that circle. Digits that appear twice in circles must be placed twice in the cells touching that circle.
Anti-Quadruples: Digits in the RED circle cannot appear in one of the four surrounding cells.
Kropki Pairs: Digits separated by a black dot must be in a 2:1 ratio. Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive.
This is a sequel to the puzzle Anti-Quads,
And Anti-Quads 5.
If you like this puzzle you may enjoy some of my other puzzles too, click HERE to see the other puzzles I have made.
Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 14. July 2025, 08:38 by puzzlepandit
Enjoyable puzzle. Need to ask proper question at regular intervals. Thanks.
on 8. July 2025, 16:19 by matthew.v
Thanks for the really fun puzzle! I had a great time coloring :)
on 4. July 2025, 18:37 by Snue
I enjoyed this puzzle a lot ^^
Thanks for setting it :)
on 4. July 2025, 12:10 by AlSina
Very nice puzzle, enjoyed with lots of colors :)
on 3. July 2025, 23:16 by Exigus
Ended up with a very colorful puzzle and really enjoyed the solve. Thanks!
on 3. July 2025, 20:27 by PinkNickels
Really loved this one. Quads and knights are two of my favorite variants. I couldn't break in to your last 0-9 puzzle, but I will try again. For some reason, was able to do this one in 16:14, but kept failing on your last 0-9. Funny how the brain works. Hope you and family are well. Happy 4th!! Thanks for another awesome puzzle.
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Glad you liked it, and that was a great time on solving! This one can be a challenge if you don’t catch the solve path, but you clearly saw it quickly.
My last puzzle, XOV to Tampa also is fairly tricky too. The break in is found in pressing the 3 bottom rows and then column 7. Most try coloring this type of puzzle, but I have found lettering them works better, at least for myself and then using a 3 color scheme, low, high, and 0 and 5s. But don’t forget all X and V are given. Hope that helps.
Take care, and happy 4th of July. Set off some fireworks for me, out here in California all the good stuff is illegal.
The Bard
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Will do! I will take another crack at the Tampa one!
on 3. July 2025, 12:18 by Snookerfan
Very nice! Thank you
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You are very welcome. Setting these is both fun to do but then I get to know that others like yourself are enjoying my work too.
The Bard
on 3. July 2025, 08:56 by AnebodaSlatorp
Fun and interesting all the way through
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I try to keep it fresh and adopt different techniques to these puzzles. Glad you liked it.
The Bard
on 3. July 2025, 03:12 by Fisherman
Stunning. As are the few puzzles of this esteemed author l have successfully solved.
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Thank you for the compliment, and I am glad you enjoyed it.
The Bard
