Puzzling Asked by sarsaparilla on April 3, 2021
After introducing this new puzzle type, here is a slightly more challenging Hokuro puzzle.
Hokuro is a grid deduction puzzle inspired by Kakuro with the following rules:
Each cell contains one of the following symbols:
Each arrow indicates a step in that direction, while the dot indicates no movement.
The clues in the black cells show the sum of the movements indicated by the symbols in the corresponding row or column.
Symbols in consecutive white cells must be unique (a ‘sum’ cannot contain the same symbol more than once).
For example, one of the ways to get the symbol ↑ in 4 steps:
The puzzle:
Please note that a previous version of this puzzle contained an error which made it unsolvable. I have now fixed it and made sure that there is one unique solution.
So I have an almost complete solution in which I am reasonably confident about my solve steps, but I end in an impossible state...
I am hoping someone can correct this because I know I am E/W or L/R dyslexic but I have gone over it too many times now! :)
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Step 5:
Step 6:
Step 7:
[EDIT] Started solve again from this point, as puzzle up until now remains the same!
Step 8: Some limitations:
Step 9: Uh-oh... But now, what..?
Answered by Graylocke on April 3, 2021
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