Happy Valentines Day - Windoku X

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Happy Valentines Day - Windoku X

Postby kakuroatk » Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:22 pm

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Normal Sudoku Rules Apply. In addition, the 2 diagonal lines and the 4 colored window regions must also contain unique #'s 1-9.

You can use this link to play online: https://www.atksolutions.com/games/sudoku.html

Click newspaper/pencil icon and enter #: E21004

This is A fun and fairly easy puzzle so there is no need to run it through a solver.

Happy Valentines Day!
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Re: Happy Valentines Day - Windoku X

Postby m_b_metcalf » Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:00 am

A pretty puzzle that solves with singles. However, it contains this minimal one, with only 12 clues:
Code: Select all
 . . . . . . . . .
 . . 5 . . 8 2 . .
 . 4 . . 5 . . 7 .
 . . . . . . . . .
 . . . . . . . . 2
 . 8 . . . . . 4 .
 . . 3 . . . 1 . .
 . . . 9 . . . . .
 . . . . . . . . .  ED=9.0/1.5/1.5


and this 11-clue even harder version:
Code: Select all
 . . . . . . . . .
 . . . 3 . . . . .
 . 4 . . 5 . . 7 .
 2 . . . . . . . 1
 5 . . . . . . . .
 . 8 . . . . . 4 .
 . . . . . . 1 . .
 . . . 9 . . . . .
 . . . . . . . . .  ED=9.6


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Re: Happy Valentines Day - Windoku X

Postby urhegyi » Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:49 pm

10 clues:
Code: Select all
 . . . . . . . . .
 . . . . . 8 . . .
 . 6 . . . . . 3 .
 7 . . . . . . . 1
 . . . . . . . . .
 . . . . . . . . .
 3 . . . . . . . 8
 . 5 . 9 . . . 4 .
 . . . . . . . . .

ED=9.5
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Re: Happy Valentines Day - Windoku X

Postby m_b_metcalf » Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:57 pm

urhegyi wrote:10 clues:
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ED=9.5

Yes, but that's not a subset of the heart.
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