2024-04

Paradox lost

The Paradox lost puzzle grid
Standard
Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and box.
Fog of war
The grid is initially partially covered in fog. Entering digits clears the fog surrounding the entered digit.

The puzzle has a unique solution.

2024-02-24

Suchoku

A mashup of Sudoku and a pencil puzzle

The Suchoku puzzle grid
Standard
Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and box.
Little killer
The digits along a diagonal marked with a number sum to that number. Digits on such a diagonal can repeat if allowed by other rules.
Choco banana
Shade some cells to form some shaded and unshaded orthogonally connected regions. Shaded regions must be rectangular. Unshaded regions must not be rectangular. Circled digits give the size of the enclosing region. Uncircled digits do not.

2022-08-17

Farmhouse killer

At Launceston Farm

The Farmhouse killer puzzle grid
Killer
Digits within a cage may not repeat, and sum to the number in the upper-left corner if given.
Arrow
Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the bulb. Digits on an arrow can repeat if allowed by other rules.

2022-02-03

Thermo hypercube

Designed for minimality, not as an interesting puzzle

The Thermo hypercube puzzle grid
Hypercube
The grid represents a 3×3×3×3 hypercube. Place the digits 1–9 in each 3×3 orthogonal square within it. These are: the rows, columns and boxes; the cells in the same position in each box (eg r147c147); the left, middle and right vertical slices of a row of boxes (eg r123c147); and the top, middle and bottom horizontal slices of a column of boxes (eg r147c123).
Thermo
Digits increase along a thermometer away from the bulb.

2022-02-02

Arrow hypercube

The Arrow hypercube puzzle grid
Hypercube
The grid represents a 3×3×3×3 hypercube. Place the digits 1–9 in each 3×3 orthogonal square within it. These are: the rows, columns and boxes; the cells in the same position in each box (eg r147c147); the left, middle and right vertical slices of a row of boxes (eg r123c147); and the top, middle and bottom horizontal slices of a column of boxes (eg r147c123).
Arrow
Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the bulb. Digits on an arrow can repeat if allowed by other rules.

2022-01-28

Killer hypercube

The Killer hypercube puzzle grid
Hypercube
The grid represents a 3×3×3×3 hypercube. Place the digits 1–9 in each 3×3 orthogonal square within it. These are: the rows, columns and boxes; the cells in the same position in each box (eg r147c147); the left, middle and right vertical slices of a row of boxes (eg r123c147); and the top, middle and bottom horizontal slices of a column of boxes (eg r147c123).
Killer
Digits within a cage may not repeat, and sum to the number in the upper-left corner if given.

2022-01-28

Overconstrained 2

The Overconstrained 2 puzzle grid
Standard
Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and box.
Disjoint
Place the digits 1–9 in every box position. For example, every digit appears in the upper-left corner of some box.
Anti-knight
Cells a chess knight’s move apart may not contain the same digit.
Kropki
Digits separated by a white dot have a difference of 1. Digits separated by a black dot have a ratio of 2. Unless otherwise specified, all such dots are given.

No negative Kropki constraint: not all dots are necessarily given.

2022-01-28

Overconstrained 1

The Overconstrained 1 puzzle grid
Standard
Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and box.
Disjoint
Place the digits 1–9 in every box position. For example, every digit appears in the upper-left corner of some box.
Anti-knight
Cells a chess knight’s move apart may not contain the same digit.

2022-01-02

How to Peel a Cavendish Banana

For the CtC Discord’s monthly puzzle prompt, “food”

The How to Peel a Cavendish Banana puzzle grid
Standard
Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and box.
Arrow
Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the bulb. Digits on an arrow can repeat if allowed by other rules.
Clones
The marked areas are clones of each other, and contain the same digits in the same positions.

2021-12-23

Butterfly

My first foray into setting

The Butterfly puzzle grid
Standard
Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and box.
Arrow
Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the bulb. Digits on an arrow can repeat if allowed by other rules.
Killer
Digits within a cage may not repeat, and sum to the number in the upper-left corner if given.
Little killer
The digits along a diagonal marked with a number sum to that number. Digits on such a diagonal can repeat if allowed by other rules.
Diagonal
The marked long diagonal does not contain repeated digits.
Hint 1

The upper-right arrows are very restricted: what digits can appear in r3c5 and r5c7?

Hint 2

Consider applying set theory to the red and blue regions here.