Kakuro (Touchy) by Grant Fikes [Bonus]
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 243rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Rules: Standard Kakuro rules. Also, each placed number must share an edge with at least one other cell containing a consecutive number (1 higher or 1 lower).
Answer String: Enter the values in each white cell in the marked columns from top to bottom, separating the groups with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 5:15, Master = 9:15, Expert = 18:30
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Are there two solutions to this puzzle? In row 4, column 5 I think a 1 or 5 will work.
With the 1 option you describe, there is no consecutive digit adjacent to row 5 column 5.
Ah, yep! There’s my blunder. Thanks!