Cocktail Ring

Title: Cocktail Ring

Rating: 3/5

This puzzle is so named because of the extra rule (see the end of the list) that adds to the challenge: it's a toral board puzzle (like Prorus, Circuitry, Fundamentals, and Toral Rorschach). 


The official rules:

• The digits 1 through 9 appear in each row and each column exactly once.
• Digits in each shaded region must add to the indicated sum (denoted by +) or multiply to the indicated product (denoted by *).   
• Squares with multiple colors contain a number that’s used in the sum/product for adjacent regions of each of those colors.  
• Remember: numbers can repeat within a shaded region if that repetition doesn't violate the first rule.
• The board is a “toral board,” that is, cells at the end of one row are considered adjacent to those at the beginning of the same row; cells at the end of one column are considered adjacent to those at the beginning of the same column, and all corner cells are considered adjacent.  

Painting Eggs

Title: Painting Eggs

Rating: 2/5

Just in time for Easter.

The official rules:

• The digits 1 through 9 appear in each row and each column exactly once.
• Digits in each shaded region must multiply to the indicated product.   
• Squares with multiple colors contain a number that’s used in the product for adjacent regions of each of those colors.  
• Remember: numbers can repeat within a shaded region if that doesn't violate the first rule.  

Equinox

Title: Equinox

Rating: 3/5

We're not far away from an official change of season, so this puzzle seemed appropriate.

The official rules:

• The digits 1 through 9 appear in each row and each column exactly once.
• Digits in each shaded region must add to the indicated sum.   
• Squares with multiple colors contain a number that’s used in the sum for adjacent regions of each of those colors.
• Remember: numbers can repeat within a shaded region if that doesn't violate the first rule. 

Crossword

Title: Crossword

Rating: 2/5

A novelty puzzle as we head into the final stretch of puzzles I've created.  In this puzzle the rules look simpler, but the empty spaces are important too.


The official rules:

• The digits 1 through 9 appear in each row and each column exactly once (including the black squares).
• Sums of digits are given for each horizontal or vertical region.  

Grog

Title: Grog

Rating: 3/5

This drink, made with rum, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar, sounds like desperation in a glass.

The official rules:

• The digits 1 through 9 appear in each row and each column exactly once.
• Digits in each shaded region must add to the indicated sum (denoted by +) or multiply to the indicated product (denoted by *).   
• Squares with multiple colors contain a number that’s used in the sum/product for adjacent regions of each of those colors.  
• Remember: numbers can repeat within a shaded region if that repetition doesn't violate the first rule.