This is my entry from round 6 of season 1 of the Skunkworks League, hosted by damasosos92.
In this round, the prompt was to create a puzzle on a 9x9 grid in which the numerical clues used were exactly the set of winning puzzles from previous rounds in the league (3, 6, 17, 17, 34, and 45).
Don't forget to check out the other puzzles from the round. Those that are published here should all have [TSL] and [S1T6] in the title.
Place a normal sudoku digit into each cell such the digits do not repeat in any row, column, or box.
Clues outside the grid obey both of the following rules:
Little Killer: Digits along the indicated diagonal sum to the given total. Digits may repeat if otherwise allowed.
X-Sums: The X digits nearest to a clue in its row or column sum to the given total, where X is the value of the nearest cell to the clue.
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Lösungscode: Row 4 (9 digits)
am 19. Juli 2025, 09:17 Uhr von CaptRob
Beautiful use of constraints! Thanks a lot
am 18. Juli 2025, 00:36 Uhr von Exigus
Thanks! Very well set clues.
am 17. Juli 2025, 19:57 Uhr von sujoyku
What a beautiful puzzle! Excellent use of all the clues. Thank you, SSG!
am 17. Juli 2025, 16:12 Uhr von Snookerfan
Very nice! Tight and beautiful solve path, in my experience at least. Thank ou
am 17. Juli 2025, 13:26 Uhr von Qodec
Quite the feat setting such a fulfilling puzzle from such restrictive constraints!
-Thanks! And, to be clear, the rules for the round allowed non-numerical clues and global constraints. I just didn't want to use any if I could manage not to. -SSG
am 17. Juli 2025, 10:07 Uhr von Piatato
Awesome!
am 17. Juli 2025, 08:07 Uhr von damo_89
Very impressive setting a unique puzzle with just those clue types and defined clues.