{"id":2861,"date":"2013-12-15T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2022-08-09T16:36:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T23:36:58","slug":"sunday-surprise-11-basement-skyscraper-sudoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/sunday-surprise-11-basement-skyscraper-sudoku\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Surprise #11 – Basement Skyscraper Sudoku"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure many of you were expecting ANOTHER version of the Christmas Tree puzzle from the last two weeks. I mean, I did get a very nice Double Back<\/a> from Robert Vollmert (which cannot be confused as a Star Battle or a LITS). But posting such a puzzle wouldn’t be a surprise.<\/p>\n

No, today’s Sunday Surprise comes from the pile of submissions I’ve received over the year from Hans van Stippent, who played with the usual rules of Skyscrapers a bit by hiding some of the cells from consideration. It yielded a very interesting puzzle which is Hans’ gift to you this Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Basement<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> New Variation\/Logic<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Sudoku<\/a> rules. Also, standard Skyscrapers<\/a> rules. Additionally, the cells in gray are “underground” and cannot be seen for any of the outside skyscraper clues (think of them as starting with a negative sign if necessary). As an example, the 4 in row 2 refers only to seeing four buildings in columns 3 through 7, even if there is a 9 in column 1 or column 2 as that 9 cannot be seen.<\/p>\n

Answer String:<\/b> Enter the 1st row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 9th row from left to right.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure many of you were expecting ANOTHER version of the Christmas Tree puzzle from the last two weeks. I mean, I did get a very nice Double Back from Robert Vollmert (which cannot be confused as a Star Battle or a LITS). But posting such a puzzle wouldn’t be a surprise. 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