Description
*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
The Feeding Friendsy series of puzzles in which some of the world's best setters imitate the style of Marty Sears' Rat Run sudokus has been incredibly so far. Tonight Simon attempts Number 8 (of 10) which is called One Tough Cookie by blackjackfitz. It's named appropriately but is seriously interesting and cunning. Just try to keep all the rules in your head :)
Play the puzzle at the links below:
https://sudokupad.app/pn630t41aj
Rules
Fill the grid with the digits 1-9... there's more to it but we'll get there.
#FRIENDSHIPGOALS
If you give blackcatfitz a cookie... he's going to ask for some milk! Help him reach the milk by finding a path through the maze of sweet treats. The path must not visit any cell more than once, cross itself or pass through any thick caramel walls.
As well as moving orthogonally, blackcatfitz may move diagonally — if there's a 2x2 space in which to do so — but may never pass diagonally through the rounded end / corner of a wall.
SOMEDOKU
Fill every row 'n' and column 'n' with exactly 'n' different digits, chosen from the digits 1-9, repeating as necessary.
CHAOS CONSTRUCTION
Divide the grid into nine (9) regions, each containing nine (9) orthogonally connected cells. Given caramel walls always separate two different regions; however, any isolated, rounded wall pillars may exist wholly within one region.
COOKIES
The digit in a cookie indicates how many different digits appear in its region. For example, a digit 6 in a cookie indicates that the region includes 6 distinct digits (and therefore 3 repeats). No two cookies contain the same digit.
DARK CHOCOLATE CHIPS
Cells sharing a dark chocolate chip must belong to the SAME region. Digits separated by a dark chocolate chip have a 1:2 ratio (one is double the other).
WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIPS
Cells sharing a white chocolate chip must belong to DIFFERENT regions. Digits separated by a white chocolate chip are consecutive.
CRANBERRIES
Note that blackcatfitz is allergic to cranberries — you must not include them on his path! If a cranberry sits between two digits one will be even and one will be odd.
TRIALS AND TRAILS
In this test of friendship, blackcatfitz must retrieve each of the nine cookies in numerical order (from 1-9) before returning to enjoy the milk. Good luck!
*** BRAND NEW COMPETITION ON PATREON ***
On 1 October we released a brand new Sudoku Hunt competition on Patreon. There's 8 puzzles to solve by 20 October to win the chance to come onto the channel and solve a puzzle with us! Simon has also completed a series of videos (7 hours!) attempting a very difficult cryptic crossword called Periodic Location by Nebuchadnezzar.
https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
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▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music and puzzle introduction
3:15 New computer
4:25 Charles Dickens competition
6:10 Happy Birthdays
6:53 Rules
15:39 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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