Skyscrapers (Sum) by Thomas Snyder
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Theme: Going Up?
Author/Opus: This is the 171st puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Variant of Skyscrapers rules. The numbers outside the grid represent the sum of the buildings seen in that row or column. For example, if a row is 12534, the clue from the left would be an 8 (1+2+5) and from the right would be a 9 (4+5).
Answer String: Enter the 3rd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 7th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:15, Master = 4:30, Expert = 9:00
Solution: PDF
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05:16. Nice theme with clean solve. A bit rough, but expected for a Thursday I suppose, so well done.
This looked quite intimidating, but went very smoothly. Beautiful puzzle!
It’s always a bit jarring for me when the skyscrapers logic solves and I have to switch to magic square, feels so slow then.