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Sudoku advent part 1

This advent I decided to practice some sudoku creation and make a sudoku every day of advent. I’ll post batches of 6 here, but if you want to get them daily, see my bluesky or instagram (story or highlight)

Anti king killer 6×6

Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally diagonally adjacent cells may not contain the same digit and the numbers in cages must sum to the number in the top left corner.

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Thermometer 7×7

Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally all the numbers placed in cells in a thermometer must increase in value from the circle part of the thermometer to the other end.

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XV 6×6

Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally the cells with an X must sum to 10 and cells with a V must sum to 5

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kropki 6×6

Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally a black dot separates two digits with a 1:2 ratio. A white dot separates two digits with a difference of 1.

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Anti king extra region 6×6

Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally diagonally adjacent cells may not contain the same digit and every number needs to appear once in the extra region.

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Arrow 6×6

Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally the digits along the arrow must sum to the number in the circle.

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Arrow sudoku

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Standard sudoku rules apply. Additionally the digits along the the arrow must sum to the number in the circle.

Extra region sudoku

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Normal sudoku rules apply. Additionally every grey region should also contain the numbers 1-9.

thermo sudoku

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Normal sudoku rules apply. Additionally all the numbers placed in cells in a thermometer must increase in value from the circle part of the thermometer to the other end.

This is not an (alphabet) wordsearch

The Constructed Adventures discord had a little puzzle jam and I joined. I got the prompt “Create a puzzle that appears to be one kind of puzzle, but is actually another.”

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Hints

Hint 1

Consider everything in the puzzle, including the title

Hint 2

Why might the word ‘alphabet’ be in the title

Hint 3

Have a closer look at what is crossed out in the grid

Hint 4

Follow the alphabet letters in the grid to draw something

Hint 5

Make sure to follow the alphabet again and again until you can’t anymore

Hint 6

What could the words you get mean in a puzzle context?

Hint 7

Think cryptic crossword specifically

Hint 8

What in the puzzle haven’t you used yet?

Enigmarch day 25

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Enigmarch day 24

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Enigmarch day 23

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Enigmarch day 22

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Enigmarch day 21

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