Average Arrow Sudoku by Bill Murphy
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
This puzzle might be just average — if you look at the numbers in the circled cells at least. Each arrow describes the average value along its length.
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Author/Opus: This is the 62nd puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.
Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). Some arrow shapes are in the grid; the number in the circled cell is equal to the average of all numbers along the arrow. (For example, as R2C3 = 2, the average of R2C4 and R2C5 is 2.)
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:30; One party hat (🥳): 12:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Uniformed Unescoceratops.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:08, with SudokuPad replay file shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).
Solution: PDF; solving video with explanation to be added later from GAS team.
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