Consecutive Pairs Sudoku by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: PS
Author/Opus: This is the 82nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Consecutive Pairs Sudoku rules. (If a gray circle is given between two adjacent cells, then the two numbers in those cells must be consecutive. Note not all gray circles are given; adjacent cells without a circle may contain either consecutive numbers or nonconsecutive numbers.)
Answer String: Enter the 6th row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 8th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:45, Master = 7:00, Expert = 14:00
Solution: PDF
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21:27
Ernyvmvat gung E7P8 vf gur jrnxrfg yvax bs gur fhqbxh naq gur erfg lvryq nyzbfg abguvat vf gur xrl gb pbzcyrgvat vg va dhvpx gvzr.
I took 17mins to identify and the rest is history….
Zl oernx-va, juvpu vf cebonoyl hahfhny, jnf gb frr gung va E5P8, E6P8, E7P8 gurer pna bayl or bar rira ahzore nf whfg 2 naq 8 ner yrsg. Guvf zrnaf E6P8 vf rira. Lbh pna znex gur cnevgl bs gur bgure pryyf naq trg E3P7 vf nyfb rira naq = 2.
Come to speak about heuristics and that surely must define one.Much better and cleaner logic!! Thank you.
Honestly, I got the consecutive part of the PS figured out pretty quickly and then for some reason took an embarrassingly long time to do the rest of the normal sudoku.
Nice sudoku.solved in about 10-15 minutes.
11.16.finding the start was the most difficult part.