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Ok, I figured it out. The 11 cage has to have a 5 in it, so that makes the 17 cage 467. 😄

Excellent time!

That's a brilliant time! Thank you and a merry Christmas to you as well!

Nice! Iv really enjoyed solving this puzzle as well.

That's a good strategy!

Well spotted!

I thought the 2 could still be in r3c8 if the 1 was in r4c9. Did I miss something?

@@PuzzlePatzerthe 2 you placed in r5c9 is a knights move from r3c8. Also, what I failed to mention is that the pair of 1s in box 6 in row 4 eliminate the 1 in r3c9. Wherever the 1 is in row 4, r3c9 is either in the same column as a 1 or a knight’s move from a 1.

Right! I forgot about the Knight rule! As if the puzzle wasn't hard enough 😆

@ knights move constraint.

Indeed! But quite fun 😊

Hi Jeffrey, long time! What did you think of the puzzle? I have your 'up to 11' on my to do list 😄 Edit: btw you're going to like the video. Lots of laughing at my expense moments 😆

I really like this puzzle. I was overoptimistic when the 4s fell in place so easily. After that it got really hard and I do not remember how I solved it, but I recall a lot of corner marks and coloring. Usually I start a puzzle and lose interest after a half hour and go do something else, and maybe come back to it a few times, but this one I solved straight through, though I will not tell you my time. I am always impressed by your tenacity and your ability to remember your logical train. I’m 66 and easily distracted. I like setting more than I like solving. I am really excited you’re going to solve my Spinal Tap Tribute. Have you watched the movie so you will get the Stonehenge reference? I am shocked that the puzzle is rated 4 stars difficulty. I think it’s a 2. There’s one spot where if you’re following my projected path it gets bogged down, but there are two cells related that get the puzzler through that point. If I may offer one bit of advice: there are 4 pairs of digits that sum to 11. Bring crayons.

I have to admit that I haven't seen the film in a long time. I will have to check the stonehenge scene again before solving it. 🙂

Qxd1

And what about Qxd1?

🙂 it happens! Was there anything specific that you were stuck on?

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!

Glad that you enjoyed it! It's definitely trickier than it looks.

@ it was indeed! I completely missed the 1 in box 5 so got really stuck disambiguating the parity!

Mat en 3, non? 1. ...,Cxd3+ 2. Fxd3, De1+ 3. Rf3, Db3++ Ou bien 1. ...,Cxd3+ 2. Rd2, Txe4+ (2. Rc3, De3+) 3.Rxd3, Te3++ J'ai raté qq chose?

@PuzzlePatzer Oui tu as raison ! Je l'ai fait de tête et j'ai cru que le roi avait toujours une case de fuite.

Then black takes the rook, fxg6

Hi Pofessor! It was a pleasure. That was a really nice flatmates variant. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed the video!

Yeah, it's a great puzzle. Great time.

Yes it is a setting. Under Experimental, turn on Compact Pencilmarks.

@@PuzzlePatzer thank you!!

@chrysalisescapist you're welcome!

🤣

Nice!: glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, I pick the speedruns at random based on the star rating. The difficulty rating varies wildly.

It is. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, it's always a sign of a great puzzle when it is challenging right until the end!

Hi there, It was a real pleasure. Thank you for sharing the puzzle! Ah, yes that would have made my life easier. I have a knack for missing these things :) I have no experience in setting puzzles, do the emojis have to be in a special format that is difficult to flip? In any case, that didn't detract at all from the fun. excellent puzzle.

@PuzzlePatzer Emoji support is relatively new in the setting software I used, and the controls available let me rotate and resize them, but for whatever reason mirroring them just isn't available. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for pointing it out. It couldn't have been a 2-1-1 combination as 2 and one are excluded from rows 3 and 6 but I should have explicitly mentioned that. Good catch!

@@PuzzlePatzer No, it's a 1 cell arrow with a green 1 with 2 in the circle that couldn't be ruled out yet

Oh I see! Yes you're absolutely right! 🤯

Hi there! Yes it's a tricky puzzle but highly enjoyable. I think difficulty and sense of achievement go hand in hand 😀. Welcome aboard and I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the video!

Nice!

Hi there and welcome!

I figured as much when I looked up 'darling Fountain' afterwards. 😀 It was too late by then. It's the fountain with a spiral or maybe representation of an eddy in it? That's very fitting for how the puzzle is solved!

It was a bit of both, the spiral pattern of both the grid and the solve.

Thanks Mario, I'm glad that you liked it!

On what move?

Because that is where I find the puzzles. It would be weird to cut them out. The link to Sudokupad is on the page I link to.

Now that's a tough puzzle - I ended up guessing between 3 and 9 in row 7 box 8 - it worked out but ...not the most satisfactory way to finish

Not an easy puzzle at all! I don't remember how I resolved it (it's been a while) but I hope that it was helpful. :)

My pleasure! Great puzzle, thank you for sharing it.

On the first move? Kg5

Qf4, g5; Qf6 you mean? Then Bg6 and no mate

White what?

Looking back at it - it looks like you are right! If you can't be good be lucky I guess. Though seriously, I would rather made a mistake and had to correct it. Thank for pointing it out!

Bxg3, no checkmate

Can you elaborate?

@@PuzzlePatzer omg

@Timber2k 😂

yeah,but black was up by 2knights, one pawn, and one queen, so even after taking the queen, white would be losing.

@ oh ok tysm

Indeed! If the choice is take the queen or checkmate, always pick checkmate 😀