"Reasonable" solution in three steps:
- Code: Select all
+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
| 567 567 3 | 2 8 1 | 679 4679 47 |
| 67 4 1 | 5 9 3 | 67 2 8 |
| 2 8 9 | 47 6 47 | 5 1 3 |
+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
| B1467 167 5 |DC146 3 2 |Ee16 8 9 |
| 8 16 2 | 1469 7 459 | 3 456 145 |
| 9 3 HAa46 |Ha146 a15* 8 | 2 7-456 157-4 |
+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
| 3 2 8 |Gc179 4 579* |Fd179 579* 6 |
| 15 9 7 | 8 2 6 | 4 3 15 |
| 1456 156 46 | 3 b15* 79 | 8 79 2 |
+--------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
1. Kite(*) (5)r7c8 = r7c6 - r9c5 = r6c5 => -5 r6c8
2. (6=145)r6c345 - (5=1)r9c5 - r7c4 = r7c7 - (1=6)r4c7 => -6 r6c8
3. (4)r6c3 = r4c1 - r4c4 = [(1*=*6)r4c4 - (6=1)r4c7 - r7c7 = r7c4] - (1=64)r6c34 => -4r6c89; ste
Challenging solution in one step:
- Code: Select all
+---------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| 567 567 3 | 2 8 1 | 679 4679 47 |
| 67 4 1 | 5 9 3 | 67 2 8 |
| 2 8 9 | 47 6 47 | 5 1 3 |
+---------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| c1467 167 5 | f'd146 3 2 | e'16z 8 9 |
| 8 16 2 | 1469 7 459 | 3 456 145 |
| 9 3 g'b46 | g'146 Bg'15 8 | 2 Ag'a4567yY' 1457 |
+---------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
| 3 2 8 | D179 4 579 | 79-1 h'579Z' 6 |
| 15 9 7 | 8 2 6 | 4 3 h'15Z' |
| 1456 156 46 | 3 C15 79 | 8 h'79Z' 2 |
+---------------------+------------------------+---------------------------+
Double Kraken cells (4567)r6c8 & (146)r4c4
(4)r6c8 - r6c3 = r4c1 - r4c4 = [(1=6)r4c7 - (6*=*1)r4c4 - (1=4567)r6c3458 - (7=591)b9p268]
(5)r6c8 - (5=1)r6c5 - r9c5 = (1)r7c4
(6)r6c8 - (6=1)r4c7
(7)r6c8 - (7=591)b9p268
=> -1 r7c7; ste