Unveil
(Published on 25. September 2025, 20:51 by jwsinclair)
Unveil, by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply.
The sum of the digits inside each cage is equal to the small number in the top left corner.
Purple lines contain a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
Digits in cells separated by a V sum to 5.
Digits in cells separated by an X sum to 10.
All possible Vs and Xs are given (i.e. there are no Vs).
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I sent this puzzle to Cracking the Cryptic in June, and they very kindly featured it. I meant to post it here soon afterward, but things got away from me and I'm just getting around to it now. I'm setting the initial difficulty at 3*, but I won't be surprised if it winds up at 2*.
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 nine
Comments
yesterday, 19:22 by KingIsulgard
What an awesome color puzzle! Loved the flow!
on 9. October 2025, 14:50 by bboom
Definitely a three-star for me, would border on four star if I hadn't done a ton of Colorado puzzles recently...
Very nice puzzle though! I'm almost sure there is a cleaner logic path to the solution than the one I took, but the puzzle offers enough options to work your way through the bits where I couldn't find the pure logic without having to bifurcate anything.
on 30. September 2025, 15:00 by Astraeus
Holy cow, I am in awe! I agree that it's probably a high 2*, but what a joy to follow the colors as they dance around the grid. Gonna have to go check out Simon's solve now!
on 28. September 2025, 20:24 by Ryx
Wonderful coloring and lettering puzzle!
on 27. September 2025, 14:01 by AdarshN
Solving this felt very similar to Golden Palindromes from earlier this week, and like that puzzle I got monstrously stuck for a long while in the middle, but also like that puzzle this was brilliant. Incredible!
on 26. September 2025, 19:39 by Treme
Wonderful stuff, thank you!!
on 26. September 2025, 14:08 by Crona
Loved it, admittingly had to start over twice because I marked the wrong color and noticed it too late haha. Very clever clue using the renban to complete the puzzle.
on 26. September 2025, 12:02 by snuuba
Very nice flow, many thanks for sharing.
on 25. September 2025, 23:02 by Exigus
I feel like I have solved this before (ah when it was featured on ctc). Brilliant construction. Thanks!
on 25. September 2025, 22:20 by TheRiddler
Very nice :-)
on 25. September 2025, 21:45 by Elliott810
Beautiful puzzle! Thank you:)
