Erica 19 (German Whisper Yarn Edition)
(Published on 29. November 2025, 17:15 by SennyK)
Today we have Erica created for Scojo's prompt with cats and something similar to marty_sear's Rat Run series :-)
I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Leo's Path: Help Leo the puss to nudge his German Whisper Yarn to his friend Kitty. Draw a one-cell wide orthogonally connected path which starts in R9C9 and ends in R5C5. The path can touch itself orthogonally and diagonally, but cannot branch, cross itself, or visit any 3x3 box more than once. Also, it cannot visit any killer cage. Additionally, the path acts as a German whisper line. It must go through every X in the grid, and must visit exactly 1 of 2 cells joined by every V in the grid.
German whisper: Neighbouring/adjacent digits along a green line have a difference of at least 5.
X/V: Digits in cells joined by an X sum to 10. Digits in cells joined by a V sum to 5. Not all Xs and Vs are given.
Killer: Digits in a cage may not repeat and sum to the total if given.
If you liked this puzzle, I recommend trying out my other puzzles: The Erica Series:★☆☆☆☆: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 17, 23, 26, 27
★★☆☆☆: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25
★★★☆☆: 9, 19, 21, 22 Shading/Ying-Yang:
★★☆☆☆: Pretty Odd Shaded Area
★★★☆☆: (+5)-Yang, Negative 8 YY
★★★★★: Why-Why? Fog of War:
★☆☆☆☆: Erica 12, Erica 17
★★☆☆☆: It's What You Do in the Dark That Puts You in the Light, Find It All, What the Fog?, Erica 20
★★★☆☆: Broken Flashlight in the Dark Pencil Puzzle/Sudoku Hybrid:
★★☆☆☆: Masyu (Short) Sudoku
★★★☆☆: Tetromino Sudoku
Various Puzzles:
★☆☆☆☆: Blown Fuses in Electrical Installation, Let Me Introduce Myself, French Wrench
★★☆☆☆: Symmetrical Fan, Night Club, Important Hour on the Clock, What Was the Sum Again?, Disgroup Joints, 10-Arrows, Antiking Dutch Skyscrapers
★★★☆☆: Cops & Robbers, Positive Symmetry, Doppelgänger Killer 1-25
★★★★☆: Liars. Liars Everywhere.
Solution code: Fifth (5th) row of the grid from left to right.
Comments
on 2. December 2025, 20:18 by juddimal
Much fun
on 1. December 2025, 08:41 by APigthatflys
Not normally a fan of "draw a line" puzzles, but this one was surprisingly approachable and fun. Thank you, as always
on 1. December 2025, 00:02 by sparkymanu
Waw, Erica really stepped up her game this time ! Really lovely flow
on 30. November 2025, 16:32 by Martina
Above 2* for me and great fun. Thanks!
on 30. November 2025, 03:25 by fishsaltyak
I'll give it a spicy 2* but probably not a full 3*
Either way, excellent puzzle. Thanks
on 29. November 2025, 23:24 by faltenin
That was a lot of fun!
on 29. November 2025, 22:43 by Prince Joffrey
smooth :-)
on 29. November 2025, 21:42 by wuc
Great puzzle. As a rat run veteran it felt 2* to me. Great setting thx.
