Krop Circles

by Marty Sears by Marty Sears

CASE 3919

Krop Circles

Not graded: we can’t read all its rules yet
  • Kropki dots

The brief

  • Normal sudoku rules apply.
  • Divide the grid into 8 fields (regions of orthogonally connected cells.) Fill the grid with the digits 1-8 so that no digit repeats in any row, column or field.
  • Digits joined by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio (one is double the other.)
  • Black dots may not sit on a field border.
  • A circled digit indicates how many black dots appear in its field.
  • The digit in the yellow diamond indicates how many fields contain at least one plant.
  • The sickle cuts to the left, into the smaller of the two digits it sits between