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Dutch Flat Mates: Dual Duel

(Published on 3. January 2026, 01:59 by aqjhs)

This is a set of puzzles I prepared as a gift for Flinty for the 2025 Secret Puzzle Santa at the CTC Discord server. Hope you like it!

  • Normal sudoku rules apply.
  • Dutch Flatmates: Every 5 in the grid must have a '1' directly above it or a '9' directly below it. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.
  • For each puzzle outer clues follow two rules out of Hitpoints, Periodic Sum and Up-to-N. There are tabs on the upper left to remind which ones are at use.
    • Hitpoints: Clues outside the grid give the sum of all cells that contain a digit equal to the distance of that cell from that clue in the row or column.
    • Periodic Sums: A clue outside the grid indicates the sum of the first cell seen in its row or column and every Nth cell after, where N is the digit in the first cell.
    • Up-to-N: A clue outside the Row or Column N indicates the sum of all digits up to the cell that contains the digit N. (The digit N itself is not included in the sum.)
  • A digit in a circle indicates exactly how many circles contain that digit.

The puzzles are linked through the finish messages in sudokupad. The following is the link to the first puzzle:

Online in Sudokupad.

See also:

Solution code: Row 7 of the final puzzle.

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Solved by Calvinball, sze, gdc, mayiyang, Sotehr, Piff, tuturitu, SKORP17, palpot, MaxSmartable, Flinty, Gilliatt, ErnoWindt, QuiltyAsCharged, PuzzBmcg
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Comments

on 5. January 2026, 03:35 by ErnoWindt
Needed a pencil and paper for that last one. Thanks for the challenge.

on 4. January 2026, 12:00 by Flinty
A wonderful gift and pack of puzzles. Thank you again. :)

Difficulty:3
Rating:90 %
Solved:15 times
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ID:000QJV

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