Ascent
(Published on 28. July 2026, 13:47 by fjam)
This puzzle is a combination of killer cages and numbered rooms, with a tiny bit of ambiguity.
This was the first of two puzzles I constructed for fuxia in the CTC Discord 2025 Secret Santa. Having had specific constraints requested, I decided to use these two for this first puzzle.
The second Secret Santa puzzle can be found here: Double Or Nothing
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- In cages, digits must sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage. The clues of four cages must be deduced by the solver, where A < B < C < D.
- A clue outside the grid indicates the digit that must be placed in the Nth cell from the clue in corresponding row/column, where N is the first digit from the clue.
This was the first of two puzzles I constructed for fuxia in the CTC Discord 2025 Secret Santa. Having had specific constraints requested, I decided to use these two for this first puzzle.
The second Secret Santa puzzle can be found here: Double Or Nothing
Solution code: Row 1, Row 9
Solved by Piff, wangli19890129, Gorsky69, StazStazStaz, XhcnoirX, Chelo, sujoyku, rifflter, jennyaa, PippoForte, sarabtx, redgecko, jalebc, biorycbyd, marcmees, jeffrey.l.byrd19, Bellsita, DarthV13, ... cornish-john, Elytron, Peteronium, Bjd, JayBird, Toxter, Grey, sparkymanu, bob, Elizy, Mr_tn, Crusader175, hearnicane, Topalai, BaumJames, ManuH, gnidan, Megalobrainiac, Krisz, ggwp, Photyne
Comments
on 29. July 2026, 03:08 by JSG
Nice enjoyable puzzle, nothing too special but a great joy
on 28. July 2026, 19:19 by PinkNickels
I know your score is going to get dinged due to the 2 line solution but the puzzle itself is very nice.
on 28. July 2026, 18:29 by Myxo
Lovely!
