Skyscraper Sudoku (0 to 8) by clover!
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
This 0-8 Skyscraper Sudoku follows the same rules as previous Skyscraper Sudoku puzzles, except that the buildings only go up to 8 and 0 does not represent a building.
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Theme: Glass Houses
Author/Opus: This is the 196th puzzle from clover!, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.
Rules: Insert a number from 0 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Also, as in the puzzle Skyscrapers, each number in the grid represents the height of a building and the clues on the outside of the grid indicate how many buildings can be “seen” when looking from that direction. Taller buildings block the view of smaller buildings. Note that 0 is not counted as a building and also never blocks any other digits from view. (For example, if a row contained the numbers 018432675, then two buildings are seen from the left – 1 and 8 – and three buildings from the right – 5, 7, and 8 – with the other buildings blocked by taller buildings in front of them.)
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 15:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: fragile Fabrosaurus.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:07, 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
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