Comments on: Skyscraper Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku

By: AndrewBoldman

AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:58 +0000

Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:06:24 +0000

I’m making a habit of this, but yes please! I always enjoy getting to grips with a new type of puzzle but am needing more practise with these! Thanks. I hate it when a puzzle gets the better of me!

By: Gareth Moore

Gareth Moore — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:02:13 +0000

If you’d like a copy of the solution, just let me know!

You’re right that there are far less Skyscraper clues than in other puzzles I’ve published. Interestingly, a common thing to do in general (which I haven’t done yet) is to remove lots of the Skyscraper clues from a puzzle, just like removing givens from the Sudoku part – maybe I won’t try making puzzles like that as a top priority then.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:55:08 +0000

I was aware of that strategy, but am still getting a bit stuck with this one. I find it relatively easy to place the 9s, 8s and even the 7s, it is the lower numbers which cause the problem! Anyway, nice to hear that someone has managed it Spittledung! I’m not prepared to give in yet so will give it one last try!

By: Spittledung

Spittledung — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:28:54 +0000

I completed this one a while back. Something that might help is where you have the 12 length rows and columns, the first 3 digits will match the last 3 digits (they might not be in the same order).

As an example: If you are lucky enough to deduce a 9 in one of these areas, then you know another 9 must exist in the set of 3 at the opposite end.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:25:45 +0000

I still haven’t managed to solve this one yet! I’ve got near to completion twice, but then realised I’ve gone wrong! Is it significanlty harder because of the overlapping grids which means you don’t get clues at either side of the 9×9 grids (if that makes sense) or is it just me?

By: Gareth Moore

Gareth Moore — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:24:33 +0000

It doesn’t actually matter whether the skyscraper clues refer to the entire width/height of the puzzle or just the first grid encountered, which is why I didn’t mention this.

Because the first 9 squares are guaranteed to contain a ‘9′ at some point, and nothing past that square can possibly be higher than a ‘9′, then the skyscraper clues will be the same whether you count 12 squares (where possible) or just 9 squares every time.

Hope this helps!

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:55:28 +0000

Hi Ricky, I am almost certain you treat the puzzle as two overlapping 9 x 9 grids and therefore the skycraper numbers would only go up to 9 (even in a row of 12 because the last 3 boxes are not part of that particular 9 x 9 grid, if that makes sense!) I hope that’s correct. I am new to skycraper puzzles and am working on this one too!

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:39:48 +0000

With the samurai sky scraper do the numbers around the edge apply to a row of twelve(where applicable) or only the first nine in a given direction?