Puzzle No. 481: Faded Kropki 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. 

Digits separated by a white dot must either be consecutive or be in a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are given.

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Puzzle No. 480: Double Arrow 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. 

Digits along a grey line must have the same sum as the digits in the circles connecting the line.

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SUDOKU EXOTICA : VOL # 2 - COMING SOON

 

Puzzle No. 479: Bouncing X Sums 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. 

Clues outside the grid indicate the sum of the first X digits along the indicated diagonal, where X is equal to the first digit placed in that direction. If X exceeds the number of cells in the direction, the sum bounces off the edge at a 90-degree angle and continues. Digits may repeat in sums.

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Puzzle No. 478: Quadruple-Quad Sum 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. 

Digits in circles must appear in the surrounding four cells, in some order.

Also, the white circle implies that one digit is the sum of the remaining three digits at that 2x2 square. Not all circles are given, i.e. there may or may not be additional 2x2 squares where one digit is the sum of the remaining three digits.

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Puzzle No. 477: Weighted Little Killer 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. 

Digits along indicated diagonals must sum to the given total outside the grid, and must also increase as they move down along the path of the arrow.

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Puzzle No. 476: Slow Thermo-Renban-German Whispers-Dutch 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 thermometer shapes in the grid. Digits along the thermometers never decrease from the bulb to the flat end. 

Each purple line contains consecutive digits, in any order.

Adjacent digits along each green line have a difference of at least 5.

Adjacent digits along each orange line have a difference of at least 4.

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Puzzle No. 475: 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. 

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Puzzle No. 474: X Sums-Little Killer-Quadruple Hybrid Sudoku

The results for ISC exams are out and my daughter scored 97%. I made this Hybrid Sudoku themed on her score.

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 clues outside the grid indicate the sum of the first X digits placed in the corresponding direction, where X is equal to the first digit placed in that direction. 

Numbers with arrows outside the grid indicate the sum of the digits appearing in the cells in the corresponding direction. Digits may repeat in the direction of the arrow.

Digits in circles must appear in the surrounding four cells, in some order.

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Puzzle No. 473: Mean Mini - Killer Sudoku

 

Rules: Place a set of six digits from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 2x3 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.

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Puzzle No. 472: Arrow-Skyscraper 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 arrow shapes in the grid. The sum of the digits along the path of each arrow must equal the digit in the circled cell. Digits may repeat along an arrow. 

Each digit in the grid represents the height of the skyscraper in each cell. The digits outside the grid indicate the number of skyscrapers seen from the corresponding direction.

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Puzzle No. 471: Thermo-Region Sum Lines 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 thermometer shapes in the grid. The digits are in increasing order from the bulb to the flat end of each thermometer.

Digits on each blue line add up to the same number in each box it visits.

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Puzzle No. 470: Mean Mini - Kropki Pairs Sudoku

 

Rules: Place a set of six digits from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 2x3 outlined box.

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. 

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Puzzle No. 469: Mean Mini - Arrow Sudoku

 

Rules: Place a set of six digits from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column and 2x3 outlined box.

There are some arrow shapes in the grid. The sum of the digits along the path of each arrow must equal the digit in the circled cell. Digits may repeat along an arrow. 

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SUDOKU EXOTICA: VOL # 1

 

My new book Sudoku Exotica: Vol # 1 has released and is now available on Amazon in paperback format and on Payhip in PDF format. This is the first book in the new series Sudoku Exotica. The books in this series will contain innovative and uncommon Sudoku Variants. 

The book features the following Sudoku Variants:

• Battenburg Sudoku;
• 234 Outside Sudoku;
• Positional X Sums Sudoku;
• Mathdoku;
• XY Differences Sudoku;
• Serbian Frame Sudoku;
• Rossini Sudoku;
• First Seen Odd Even Sudoku;
• Odd Even Count Sudoku;
• Incomplete Arrow Sudoku;

All Sudokus in the book are test solved by Edouard Lebeau and his timings are mentioned with each Sudoku. Online Solving Links are also provided with each Sudoku for solvers who like to solve online.

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Link to PDF from Payhip               https://payhip.com/b/TZPwV 

Puzzle No. 468: Arrow-Little Killer 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 arrow shapes in the grid. The sum of the digits along the path of each arrow must equal the digit in the circled cell. Digits may repeat along an arrow. 

Numbers with arrows outside the grid indicate the sum of the digits appearing in the cells in the corresponding direction. Digits may repeat in the direction of the arrow.

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Puzzle No. 467: Thermo 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 thermometer shapes in the grid. The digits are in increasing order from the bulb to the flat end of each thermometer.

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Puzzle No. 466: German Whispers 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.

Adjacent digits along each green line have a difference of at least 5.

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Puzzle No. 465: Arrow 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 arrow shapes in the grid. The sum of the digits along the path of each arrow must equal the digit in the circled cell. Digits may repeat along an arrow. 

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Puzzle No. 464: Thermo 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 thermometer shapes in the grid. The digits are in increasing order from the bulb to the flat end of each thermometer.

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