{"id":33050,"date":"2025-06-20T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33050"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:04:54","slug":"weighted-little-killer-sudoku-by-bill-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/weighted-little-killer-sudoku-by-bill-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Weighted Little Killer Sudoku by Bill Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This special &#8220;weighted&#8221; variation of Little Killer has the usual sum constraints paired with a strictly increasing set of values when moving down along the paths. Can you solve Bill Murphy&#8217;s latest puzzle?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250620-WeightedLittleKillerSudoku.png\" alt=\"Weighted Little Killer Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250620-WeightedLittleKillerSudoku.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/250620WLK\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 5th puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (<a href=https:\/\/sudokutheory.com\/gas\/>GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> 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). Numbers along indicated diagonals must sum to the given total outside the grid, and must also increase as they move down along<br \/>\nthe path of the arrow (e.g., R1C2 + R2C1 = 14 and R1C2 &lt; R2C1).<\/p>\n<p><b>GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">6:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">11:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">Threatening Tatankaceratops<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): <\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">2:19<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Weighted_Little_Killer-a792-d141.replay>SudokuPad replay file<\/a> shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).<\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250620-WeightedLittleKillerSudoku-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DUdnMQw0zEU\">solving video<\/a> with explanation from GAS team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/gas\/\">Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles<\/a> on this site. Follow this link for other less common variations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/sudoku-3+variation-2\/\">Sudoku<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/1059513302847336469\/1380897111599616020\">Daily GAS discussion<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/RNNfEBEbQS\">this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This special &#8220;weighted&#8221; variation of Little Killer has the usual sum constraints paired with a strictly increasing set of values when moving down along the paths. Can you solve Bill Murphy&#8217;s latest puzzle? 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