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Mostly Harmless: Babel Fish

(Eingestellt am 4. September 2026, 00:00 Uhr von AaronH)

"The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe. It feeds on brainwave energy. It then excretes into the mind of its carrier a telepathic matrix. The practical upshot of all this is that if you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language."

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Rules

  • Sudoku: Fill the grid with digits 1-9 so that no digit repeats in any row, column or 3×3 box.
  • Dynamic Fog: The grid is covered with fog; entering correct digits may clear fog elsewhere, and no guessing is required. Any visible line segments and partial markings continue and connect beneath the fog. Unless revealed, no extra clues should be assumed to exist under the fog.
  • Babel fish (Rotational 10‑Complement Symmetry): The puzzle has 180° rotational symmetry about the central Babel fish. For every cell, the digit in that cell and the digit in its rotated counterpart sum to 10. The fish is only otherwise useful if you stick it in your ear.
  • Magic Square: The 3×3 box marked by the sparkly square is a magic square (all rows, columns, and diagonals sum to the same value)
  • Unknown Killer cages: Digits in the same sized cages sum to the same value to be determined by the solver.

All following variant clues use their standard meanings; full descriptions are provided below.

  • Black Dots: A black dot connects two digits where one is exactly double the other.
  • Multiple Lines: Every pair of adjacent digits on a white line must have one digit divide evenly into the other.
  • V sums: A V connects two digits that sum to 5.
  • Zipper Lines: Along a purple line, pairs of digits equidistant from the dot marking the centre sum to the same value.
  • Index Lines: Along a cyan line beginning at the square tip, the position of each digit determines another digit’s location. If a digit X appears in the Y‑th position along the line, then a Y must appear in the X‑th position along the same line.
  • Entropic Lines: Along a peach line, any three adjacent digits must include one low digit {1,2,3}, one medium digit {4,5,6}, and one high digit {7,8,9}.
  • Don’t Panic!: No guessing is required - you are one hoopy frood.

Cheers heaps to Kyunitar, Nico and FIT7Y for their early testing and feedback.

▶️ Walkthrough video coming soon

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Lösungscode: Column 4, top to bottom
(or Ten's Complement of Column 6, bottom to top :P)

Zuletzt geändert am 4. September 2026, 09:32 Uhr

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Gestern, 21:29 Uhr von PancakePie
This is officially an all time favorite for me! I'm amazed at how simply and elegantly everything unfolds. I could almost hear the babel fish translating across the center of the universe! Thanks for this, I'm excited to dig into your catalogue!!

Gestern, 15:25 Uhr von Kattorzeh
Nice theme!

am 5. September 2026, 08:37 Uhr von PuzzlePatzer
Very nice! I did forget everything I know about magic squares but in my defence I was listening to Vogon poetry at the same time.

am 5. September 2026, 03:09 Uhr von OfishilNasser
Absolute pleasure to solve :)

am 4. September 2026, 17:29 Uhr von Daemen
I did not forget my towel!

Zuletzt geändert am 4. September 2026, 14:16 Uhr

am 4. September 2026, 08:59 Uhr von JVA
Great, fun puzzle

There might be an issue with the description text formatting in this page on mobile (android, brave browser). I see one word per line, all pushed towards the right

AaronH: Thanks for letting me know - all sorted :)

am 4. September 2026, 00:28 Uhr von Pairot
Ah, you got me making assumptions! Well played sir.

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