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 Post subject: Fourth of July Puzzle
PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:53 pm 
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Here's something I designed with red, white, and blue stars representing different multiples of five. A red star means the sum of the entries equals 10, white for 5, and blue for 15. Inside each cage, clues are placed between cells whenever possible so lack of a star gives important information as well. (No clues are placed on the major gridlines.)

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Solution and a PDF can be found here: https://quadratablog.blogspot.com/2020/ ... uzzle.html


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:05 pm 
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I like the concept! Hopefully this puzzle isn't out of my league with respect to difficulty, but I'll give it a try.


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:49 pm 
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An enjoyable puzzle, but unless I'm missing something, it has multiple solutions (can't figure a way to show the stars from SudokuSolver):


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:29 pm 
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Hi enxio

One of David specialties is if and only if.

Note r4c9 cannot be a 3 as this would require a star to its left.

This negative inference has only been used to lock down the multiple solutions, I would like to see it needed earlier in the solution process.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:00 pm 
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Hmmmm. . . I interpreted that "if and only if" differently. I did not interpret it to mean that two adjacent squares MUST have a star in order for their sum to equal a multiple of 5. If that's the case, then I guess I need to rework the puzzle.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:38 am 
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As I said in this one it is only needed for the final lock down.

I'll try and make one where it is incorporated in the puzzle.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:19 pm 
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Ok, then, I have it finished. A fun little puzzle with a great theme, but the added constraint makes it a little exhausting. Definitely not a bedtime puzzle.


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Yeah it definitely takes a bit more work when you have to focus on the places where there are no clues, in addition to the ones where there are. Thanks for checking it out!


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