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Di-agony!

(Published on 24. November 2022, 17:07 by ThePedallingPianist)

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Please remember to leave a rating! It is difficult, so I've left 5 hints that can be revealed at the bottom of this page!

- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Disjoint groups rules apply; i.e. digits must appear in each position within a box exactly once.
- Antiknight rules apply; i.e. cells a knight's move apart (in chess) cannot contain the same digit.
- Negative diagonal rules apply; i.e. digits cannot repeat along the negative diagonal shown.
- Arrow rules apply; i.e. digits along an arrow must add up to the number in the attached circle.



Hint #1 (Highlight text to reveal):

Think about set theory! Can you find 18 seemingly unrelated cells that must be 2 sets of 1-9 and therefore sum to 90? It's useful to highlight them!

Hint #2 (Highlight text to reveal):

What happens if you put anything less than 9 in r6c3? And then anything less than 8 and 9 in r1c7 and r4c7?

Hint #3 (Highlight text to reveal):

You must put 2 of every digit in your highlighted region, and some digits don't have many potential homes, so think about how to distribute them.

Hint #4 (Highlight text to reveal):

My absolute favourite part of the puzzle... Really think about the options for r6c6 and r7c7!

Hint #5 (Highlight text to reveal):

No more particularly difficult party tricks, just keep scanning and remembering all the restrictions in the rules and you'll get there!

Good luck!

Solution code: Top row, left to right

Last changed on on 8. December 2022, 21:15

Solved by StefanSch, SKORP17, eddy, Megalobrainiac, OutOfMyMindBRB, Elliott810, jalebc, Bjd, Chelo, Entropywins, starwarigami, amarins, Qodec, faisalaak, Dentones, AvonD, Netra, OhHeyGuysItsMax, SSG, madhupt, ... Puzzle Weasel, noodlehead, Stevoid31, rich_27, karlmortenlunna, luuu, Desemus, annnz, SXH, finger, isajo4002, morgannamodeaura, han233ing, steeto, h5663454, valle1124, cantare, marcnesium_iv
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Comments

Last changed on 1. December 2022, 10:02

on 30. November 2022, 23:37 by LordBidoof
This is the best puzzle Ive ever solved
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Thank you! Very high praise coming from one of my favourite normal-type Pokemon!! :D

on 30. November 2022, 02:05 by ThePedallingPianist
Added a link to Simon's solve!

on 28. November 2022, 06:33 by faisalaak
Brillient

Last changed on 30. November 2022, 02:03

on 27. November 2022, 00:51 by starwarigami
Wow! This deservedly gets a CtC recommendation!
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Thank you so much - it was such a thrill to see Simon solve this! :D

on 25. November 2022, 03:26 by Elliott810
Brilliant construction! Thanks:)

Difficulty:5
Rating:97 %
Solved:68 times
Observed:12 times
ID:000C47

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