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The Hobbit Puzzle Pack

XVI : Beyond Price

Image with kind permission from Ted Nasmith

"For the Arkenstone of my father," Thorin said, "is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to me it is beyond price. That stone of all the treasure I name unto myself, and I will be avenged on anyone who finds it and withholds it." Bilbo heard these words and he grew afraid, wondering what would happen, if the stone was found--wrapped in an old bundle of tattered oddments that he used as a pillow. All the same he did not speak of it, for as the weariness of the days grew heavier, the beginnings of a plan had come into his little head.

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Begin by filling in the "Front Gate" digits from the previous puzzle.

Digits along the marked diagonals do not repeat.

Along green lines, adjacent digits differ by at least 5.

White dots separate consecutive digits.

Note: Cells with the same letter (specifically “E” and “N”) do not have to contain the same digit.

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