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X-Rated - the OTHER James Kopp puzzle
🕑 Added 2023-07-29 22:00:03 +0000 UTCToday on the channel (29th July), Mark solved Seeing Double by James Kopp, a puzzle that uses numbers outside the grid both to provide X-Sums clues and diagonal clues. You can see the video here: https://youtu.be/QJSaMlv54Hk.
James created another companion puzzle called X-Rated, which you can solve from the link below. But be warned: the ruleset is SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. In X Rated: Normal sudoku rules apply. A number outside the grid is an X-sum for both its column or row, AND ALSO for the indicated diagonal. For example if R1C1 is a 7 then the first seven digits in column 1 add to 33 and if R1C2 is a 5 then the first five digits on the indicated diagonal also sum to 33. Note that digits along that diagonal path may repeat if allowed by other rules. Cages show their sums.
Here is the puzzle in our software: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/mNMB9Hp766
Comments
Mark Richardson
Put the same solution in the Patreon app rather than on Safari and the solution was accepted. Odd.
Mark Richardson
Found this easier than the one in the video. But at the end it says I have something wrong. But everything looks right, so not sure if something is off with my version.
Anita Karsa
Around 30 minutes for me. Thank you for this little morning treat!
