Soft Music
(Published on 3. May 2026, 19:57 by Plok)
Hope you like it as I did setting it. Overall logic is not too difficult, break-in might be challenging.
Rules:
Standard Sudoku rules apply (place the digits 1 to 9 in every row, column and box)
Green German Whisper lines: 2 cells joined by green line must differ by 5
Orange Dutch Whisper lines: 2 cells joined by orange line must differ by 4
Purple Renban lines : All cells on the line must be a consecutive set in any order
Black Kropki dots: Cells seperated by a black dot must be in a 1:2 ratio
Arrows: Numbers on an arrow sum to the number in the attached circle (R1C2 and R2C2 are shared by 2 arrows)
Digits outlined in white circles indicate that they must be within the 4 surrounding cells.
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Any feedback is highly appreciated.
Solution code: The last 4 numbers in the last column.
Comments
on 5. May 2026, 10:48 by Peteronium
Excellent. It was a bit of a struggle, but still quite doable. And as the puzzle has the looks of relatively easy, you won’t give up.
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Thank you, very helpful comment to improve further.
on 5. May 2026, 08:06 by abadx
2* with a mid game peak of 3*. Don't get fooled by the easy look of the constraints;)
on 4. May 2026, 23:02 by Snaques
I think this was 2*. I probably missed something, because I had to do a lot of excluding of digits one by one. Felt a bit laborious.
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Thank you, very helpful comment to improve further.
on 4. May 2026, 12:30 by Martina
You didn't mention the circles and arrows rule. Just in case a newbie tries it. ;-)
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Thanks, I've updated the rule set.
on 3. May 2026, 21:36 by anothermember
Very nice, I'd suggest 2*, break-in was a bit tricky unless I missed an easier path.
on 3. May 2026, 20:59 by rictech
Very nice. I may have missed some easy steps but this was a bit more tricky than a 1* for me. Fun either way - it kept requiring logic all the way to the end.
