Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Puzzle No. 437: Fog Of War - Kropki Pairs-German Whispers Hybrid Sudoku

 


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits will clear the fog from the digit's surrounding cells.
A black dot between two digits means one of them is double the other. A white dot between two digits means they are consecutive. Not all possible black and white dots are necessarily given.
Adjacent digits along each green line have a difference of at least 5.


Sunday, 26 May 2024

Puzzle No. 436: Fog Of War - Kropki Pairs-German Whispers Hybrid Sudoku

 


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits will clear the fog from the digit's surrounding cells.
A black dot between two digits means one of them is double the other. A white dot between two digits means they are consecutive. Not all possible black and white dots are necessarily given.
Adjacent digits along each green line have a difference of at least 5.



Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Puzzle No. 435: Classic Sudoku

 


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 

Online Solving Link using Penpa

Online Solving Link using Sudokupad

Friday, 17 May 2024

Puzzle No. 434: XY Differences Sudoku

 



RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
Horizontally adjacent cells marked by a diamond contain digits whose difference is equal to the first (leftmost) digit of the corresponding row.
Vertically adjacent cells marked by a diamond contain digits whose difference is equal to the first (topmost) digit of the corresponding column.
All such diamonds are marked.




Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Puzzle No. 433: Group Sum-Renban Hybrid Sudoku 08 from the book World Of Sudoku: Vol # 10

 



A Group Sum-Renban Hybrid Sudoku from my new book - World Of Sudoku: Vol # 10. This Sudoku also featured on the YouTube Channel Cracking The Cryptic, covered by Mark. You can watch the video here

Rules: Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
Numbers inside each circle indicate the sum of the digits in the cells covered by the corresponding circle. Digits may repeat in the cells covered by a circle. 
Each marked line contains consecutive digits, in any order.



Monday, 13 May 2024

World Of Sudoku: Vol # 10


It gives me great joy to tell you all that my new book World Of Sudoku: Vol # 10 has been released and is available on Amazon in Paperback format and on Payhip in PDF format. The book contains 120 Handcrafted Sudokus covering 10 Hybrid Sudoku Variants. All the puzzles in the book are test solved by Ă‰douard Lebeau and his test solve timings are mentioned with each puzzle. Online Solving Links of Penpa as well as Sudokupad are also provided with each sudoku. The Variants covered in the book are:
  • X Sums-Consecutive Pairs Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Clone-Sum Frame Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Outside Palindrome Hybrid Sudoku;
  • XV Pairs-Skyscrapers Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Killer-German Whispers Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Group Sum-Renban Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Mathrax Pointing Evens Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Kropki Pairs-Little Killer Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Quadruples-Region Sum Lines Hybrid Sudoku;
  • Thermo-Arrow Hybrid Sudoku;
The links to Amazon and Payhip are given below:
Link to Amazon for Paperback  https://tinyurl.com/worldofsudokuvol10
Link to Payhip for PDF https://payhip.com/worldofsudoku

Happy Sudokuing!






 

Saturday, 11 May 2024

Puzzle No. 432: Between Sudoku

 


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
Every digit on a grey line must have a value which lies between the values of the two digits in the circles at the ends of the line. Digits may repeat along a line.

Online Solving Link using Penpa

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Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Puzzle No. 431: Killer-German Whispers Hybrid Sudoku

 


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
There are some cages in the grid. The number on the top left corner of each cage is equal to the sum of the digits in that cage. Digits do not repeat in a cage.
Adjacent digits along each green line have a difference of at least 5.



Saturday, 4 May 2024

Puzzle No. 430: Consecutive Pairs Sudoku

 


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
If a grey circle is given between two adjacent cells, then the digits in those cells will be consecutive. Not all grey circles are given, which means adjacent cells without a grey circle may or may not contain consecutive digits.



Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Puzzle No. 429: Battenberg Sudoku


RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. 
Wherever 2 odd and 2 even digits form a 2x2 checkerboard pattern, a Battenburg marking is given. If there is no marking, the above pattern is not allowed.

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Puzzle No. 462: XV Sudoku

  RULES: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 outlined box. If t...