Black mamba
(Eingestellt am 29. März 2026, 22:11 Uhr von Lithium-Ion)
This puzzle has been my third feature on Cracking the Cryptic (click
here to see Mark solving it). I hope that you enjoy the puzzle, which is about finding a snake with consecutive digits that visits each box at least once. Constructive feedback is always appreciated. The rules are as follows.
Normal sudoku rules apply. Draw a one-cell wide snake, which starts in Box 5 and ends in Box 9, that moves orthogonally through the center of cells. The snake is not allowed to branch, intersect with itself or touch itself, even diagonally. Cells that are orthogonally adjacent along the snake have to contain consecutive digits. Within each box, the box number (1=top left, 2=top center, 3=top right, etc.) has to be part of the snake. Cells separated by a black dot contain digits that are in a 1:2 ratio. All black dots are given.
You can play this puzzle via the following link:
https://sudokupad.app/f8ndB28nDT
Lösungscode: Digits in row 9, read from left to right.
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Kommentare
am 31. März 2026, 20:33 Uhr von FullHouse07
That was not so hard if you find where you start. Thank you.
am 31. März 2026, 00:01 Uhr von dzamie
Pretty easy with a bit of thought to the kropki negative constraint. Still neat to watch the snake spiral out.
am 30. März 2026, 10:32 Uhr von Snookerfan
Excellent, easy and still interesting. Thanks!
am 30. März 2026, 10:29 Uhr von wuc
Brilliant. Best since quite some time to me. Awesome setting. Added to favorites. Great fun thx.
am 30. März 2026, 09:37 Uhr von juggler
Of course I forgot about the negative constraint. But after I remembered, it was very nice.