Puzzle No 153: Slot Killer

A hybrid Sudoku combining Slot Machine and Killer variants. This puzzle got featured on the Cracking The Cryptic Youtube Channel. You can watch Mark solve this puzzle here:

Rules:

Place numbers in the grid such that each row, column, and 3*3 box contain the numbers 1-9. Additionally, the three shaded columns are like a slot machine. The 9 numbers they contain will be in exactly the same order/sequence. (The strips wrap around the grid for the ordering). The sum of all numbers in a cage must match the small number printed in its corner. No number appears more than once in a cage.

Theme: CTC

Difficulty: Easy

Penpa+: Online Solving

Sudoku:

Puzzle No 152: Arrow Sudoku

Challenging classic arrow sudoku by me. This puzzle got featured on the Cracking The Cryptic Youtube Channel. You can watch Simon solve this puzzle here:

Rules:

Place numbers in the grid such that each row, column, and 3*3 box contain the numbers 1-9. Additionally, a digit in the circle is the sum of the digits along its arrow. If there are multiple arrows, each one sums up to the circled digit. Digits can repeat on arrows.

Theme: 3Some

Difficulty: Hard (Tricky Start)

Penpa+: Online Solving

Sudoku:

Puzzle No 151: Regional Loop

The last puzzle of the weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). 

You can also find the entire series online at the Puzsq website here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle:

Puzzle No 150: Regional Loop

Puzzle 6 of the weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). 

You can also find the entire series online at the Puzsq website here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle:

Puzzle No 149: Regional Loop

Puzzle 5 of the weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). 

You can also find the entire series online at the Puzsq website here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle:

Puzzle No 148: Regional Loop

Puzzle 4 of the weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). 

You can also find the entire series online at the Puzsq website here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle:

Puzzle No 147: Regional Loop

Puzzle 3 of the weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). 

You can also find the entire series online at the Puzsq website here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle:

Puzzle No 146: Regional Loop

Puzzle 2 of the weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). 

You can also find the entire series online at the Puzsq website here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle:

Puzzle No 145: Regional Loop

I decided to post all my puzzles which I shared on the Discord Server to the blog for easy records.

I did a weekly series of Regional Loop puzzles (this type is invented by me). So the next few posts will be this genre.

You can also find the entire series online here.

Rules:

Draw a non-crossing, non-intersecting closed loop passing through centers of the cells. Loop passes through straight through circles and all circles must be visited. Every region the loop visits, not necessarily all, the region must contain 'X' turns. 'X' to be determined by the solver.

Penpa+: Online Solving

Puzzle: