Forty-Nine
(Published on 7. April 2026, 21:31 by mimec)
This is my 49th puzzle on LMG, so I had this idea of filling a 7x7 latin square with eight 6-cell cages, but I didn't really expect it to work. After adding the anti-knight constraint and some trial and error, I was able to find one that not only has a unique solution, but also a logical and not too difficult path, so give it a try!
Rules:
- Place the digits 1 to 7 once each in every row and column.
- Cells separated by a knight's move cannot contain the same digit.
- Digits within a cage must add up to the total in the corner. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.
Solution code: Row 7
Comments
on 9. April 2026, 20:00 by a2k
Loved it, bit harder than I thought it would be.
on 9. April 2026, 19:41 by itsid
very nice puzzle indeed, enjoyed it a lot!
IMHO a 1* though, (I do tend to prefere colouring anti knights puzzles) and when given a seven colour palette and colouring every cell with it's options it quickly collapses.
Thank you!!
on 9. April 2026, 16:29 by Anthony
I'm highly inexperienced with this type of puzzle, so it took a lot of trial and error to see why things might or might not work, but the way it just completely fell apart at the end was very lovely.
on 8. April 2026, 23:20 by HeyItsErin
Gorgeous puzzle. For such a small puzzle it put up quite a fight.
on 8. April 2026, 14:21 by rojspencer
Very nice. Took me way longer than I'd like to admit.
on 8. April 2026, 02:49 by CitrusGremlin
fun geometry, very pretty.
on 7. April 2026, 23:34 by Fisherman
Wow. Very beautiful.
