Studious
(Published on 12. September 2025, 23:15 by jwsinclair)
Studious, by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply, and all clues are standard.
Arrows: the sum of the digits along an arrow is equal to the digit in the connected circle.
German whispers: along green lines, digits differ from their neighbors by at least 5.
Renban lines: purple lines contain a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
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This was my entry in Scojo's Impostor challenge. (Here's the very nicely-constructed puzzle by my impostor, who turned out to be PjoeterBliep.)
If you want more of my puzzles, check out Artisanal Sudoku, where I publish a new set of (generally pretty approachable) variant sudokus every week.
Solution code: row five
Comments
today, 02:50 by marajade
Lovely! The way the renbans and whispers interact here is gorgeous. (And renbans are one of my least favorite constraints so it takes a lot for them to excite me, but this puzzle definitely accomplishes it!)
yesterday, 17:32 by Ragna
Super FUN puzzle! Very good flow. Thank you. :-))
yesterday, 16:49 by nunc
Totally agree with VikingPrime!
yesterday, 16:38 by GeorgeTheToad2
Excellent setting.
yesterday, 14:29 by VitP
definitely harder than level 2.
the only thing that prevents it from being level 4 is KNOWING this is by james sinclair.
sure, the middle is easier, and the end is easy, but that doesn't matter if you can't get past the beginning.
yesterday, 14:16 by ViKingPrime
Contender for smoothest solve path of all time.
yesterday, 12:29 by GeorgeTheToad2
Excellent setting.
yesterday, 04:33 by Playmaker6174
Very clean setup and a great pleasure to follow the solve all the way through, as expected from the maestro here :)
yesterday, 04:13 by rameshsrivats
Beautifully crafted
yesterday, 00:56 by sujoyku
Incredibly well-set! But how would it not, given it is so clearly in your style? Thank you for this beautiful creation, jwsinclair!
