Monday, 11 September 2023

jovi_al

Walkthrough for yesterday's Irunuri (Hexagonal), as explained by Walker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BvAhZF9X3o

"So, you're named after the puzzle genre Alcazar?" Shye asks.

Alcazar chuckles. "Yes, when the Clues were first ordered to their duties, we changed our names, each to a puzzle type. It was symbolic. My choice was the result of... well, that's perhaps a story for another time."

"But Martha isn't a genre that I know of," I say.

"Ah, yes. Her full name is Martha X, yet very few surnames begin with X. How curious!" He smiles. "You're intelligent with letters, Jovi, why don't you have a think?"

I think for a brief second, then realize. "Mathrax! It's an anagram of Mathrax!"

"Clever girl," he says. He smiles again. I smile back.

"Sorry to interrupt your flirting, but if I may ask," Shye says, "What's this anti-venom for, if not for you? And how did you and Martha get at odds, anyways?"

"Ah, very well," he replies.

Rules: Place a number from 1 to N into each cell so that each row and column contains every number from that range with no repeats, where N is the side length of the grid. An O indicates that all of the (up to) four cells the clue touches contain odd numbers. An E indicates that all of the (up to) four cells the clue touches contain even numbers. A numeric clue must be the result of individually applying the accompanying operation to each pair of numbers diagonally opposite each other across the clue.

As always, an example puzzle and its solution are attached with the image of today's puzzle. Solve that here, if you wish (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/ynbx44sl

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥, solve today's puzzle in 3:00 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀, solve today's puzzle in 7:30 or less!
All other solvers are well-deserving of a Pythagorean Pyrrhuloxia 🐦!

Solve today's puzzle here (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yl8ruqfs