July 25, 2017

Puzzle 116 (Tight-Fit Sudoku)

This is a Tight-Fit Sudoku puzzle. This type was created by Thomas Snyder.

Theme: Friendly Diagonal
Range: 1-8


July 20, 2017

Puzzle 114 (Panoramic Skyscrapers)

This is a Panoramic Skyscrapers puzzle. Standard Skyscrapers rules, except that clues are given between two rows or columns. These clues give the sum of the Skyscrapers clues of the two rows/columns they border.

I first saw this variation on the 2016 USPC written by Michael Rios; I'm unsure if it has been done elsewhere.

Theme: Clue Symmetry


May 26, 2017

Puzzle 110 (All Threes Slitherlink)

This is an All Threes Slitherlink puzzle. Rules (from Palmer Mebane's blog)This is a Slitherlink puzzle, with a twist. Every 3 in the puzzle is given to you. That is, if the solution has three segments around a single grid square, there is a 3 in that square.