Daily Kendoku (CanCan, SquareWisdom) #4
After a few Kendoku variants thay I’ve posted in the last 7 days, today I post my first classic Kendoku puzzle. However, it does have one special property – see if you can find what it is.
Again, there are two versions of the same puzzle: an easier one with all operators filled in and a more difficult one with very few operators. Choose the one you prefer.
8×8 Kendoku for Thursday, October 9, 2008.
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ALL OPERATORS version:
REDUCED OPERATORS version:
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Questions, comments and suggestions are more than welcome!
Killer Sudoku fans
October 9th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hello, can you please tell me if numbers can be repeated in the cages in this version?
Thanks a lot!
Sophia
October 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Yes, Sophia, repeats are allowed.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Done it (from the reduced operators version), but can’t see any special property?
October 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
No 9s!
October 10th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
There are no 9s, that’s true, but that’s because it’s a 8×8 puzzle…
You must always use only numbers from 1 to the size of that puzzle.
So that’s not it. It does have one interesting property, though.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I thought that was a bit obvious, so back to the drawing board! Thanks for changing the division symbol.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I can’t see any particularly interesting property other than the “cages” being 180 degree symmetrical.
Is the property about the solution cell values or the cages?
October 13th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Ok, it’s nothing very smart, it’s just that there are no additions in this puzzle.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:52 am
It’s actually quite special, that it was the complete opposite to traditional killer puzzles.
However, I spent a lot of time looking for properties about the actual cell values (e.g. NC, X, DG).