Equality Cages 131: Slingshots

by gUBBLOR & Fahmi Sack · Difficulty 5 of 5 by gUBBLOR & Fahmi Sack

CASE 1458

Equality Cages 131: Slingshots

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  • Equality cages
  • Kropki dots
  • XV and number dots
  • Pointing arrows

The brief

Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.

Equality cages: Cages must have an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits. Equality cages can never contain 5. Digits may not repeat in a cage.

Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. Not all dots are shown.

X: Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10. Not all X's are shown.

Slingshots: If an arrow is present in a cell, the digit in the cell the arrow comes from appears in the grid in the direction of the arrow at a distance of N cells, where N is the digit in the arrow's cell. I.e. if the arrow in R8C2 was a 2, that means the digit in R8C3 also have to appear in R6C2. If R2C7 was a 9 and R1C7 was a 1 then R1C6 would also be a 9.

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