Quadswallop
(Published on 20. February 2025, 10:59 by marty_sears)
- CHAOS CONSTRUCTION: Divide the grid into 8 regions each containing 8 orthogonally connected cells, and fill the grid with the digits 1-8 so that digits don't repeat in a row, column or region.
- DOUBLERS: Each row, column and region contains exactly one doubler cell. The value of a doubler cell is double its digit. Each doubler cell contains a different digit.
- QUADSWALLOP: Each digit 1-8 is represented by a different letter of the alphabet, to be determined. In each grey quad circle, 4 of the letters correspond to the digits (not values) in the surrounding 4 cells, but there is also one lying letter which does not correspond to any of the surrounding digits. The purple and green circles on the right can be used to keep track of letters in the grid, and their corresponding digits.
- PURPLE X: Values separated by a purple X sum to 10, and are in the same region.
- The two ends of a grey, red or blue line always lie in different regions. Red and blue lines have an additional rule:
- PARITY LINES (RED): Two adjacent cells along a red line contain one even value and one odd value.
- REGION SUM LINES (BLUE): Region borders divide blue lines into segments which each have the same total value.
Rules:
Please leave a comment if you enjoy :)
Solution code: The letters corresponding to 82415
Comments
on 17. April 2025, 12:38 by marcmees
Finding the regions was easy ... getting the doublers and the relation between letters and digits was a totally different and much harder game. thanks
on 13. March 2025, 00:01 by PancakePie
I shouted out loud with joy at least three times. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. I usually solve these on my phone, so I've been putting this one off for a computer solve. HOOO BOY was I gobsmacked and astounded at how fun, funny, and revelatory this whole solve path was! The spelling? Are you kidding me? When I figured out the doublers I cackled. WOWOWOW The master at work. Thanks Marty!
on 12. March 2025, 16:40 by ThymePass
5 puzzles in 1 if you count the "solution code"! I was initially a bit wary of the doublers, but these were disambiguating doublers and were not the brain-melters that they often are :)
A masterpiece. Thanks and well done, Marty!
on 26. February 2025, 22:29 by softie
Puzzles like these make me wish for a "very, VERY nice" rating option! This was just wonderful. Amazing flow start to finish, multiple phases to the solve that were individually enjoyable, and a clever flourish at the end that I never saw coming basically until I filled in the last cell!
on 26. February 2025, 06:37 by KillerCard10
This was like an onion; peeling back layers and layers until you revealed what seemed like a completely different puzzle overlayed upon the previous work. Genieous, and the wit throughout with the wordplay even up until the very, very end... so fun and equally masterful!
on 24. February 2025, 23:12 by DonQuichopp
I loved this puzzle, involving so many different places to look at. I think I solved it through the intended solve path and when reading the (hidden) comments, I don’t understand a thing that is discussed, hahaha.
Thank you Marty for another wolderful setting
on 24. February 2025, 09:57 by novato
Oh wow, what an amazing puzzle. Over an hour to solve for me, got mixed up on the regions once and had to restart. But so, so much fun to solve.
on 22. February 2025, 00:41 by kobs
Absolutely fantastic, I really do not understand how you make puzzles like this and honestly surprise myself sometimes that I am able to solve some of them. Thanks!
on 21. February 2025, 12:42 by Franjo
Very nice CC-twist! As expected… Thank you very much for another creative piece of your work.
on 21. February 2025, 07:27 by rubencubed
(:
on 20. February 2025, 22:58 by Asparagus
Ha ha! You changed it when I was part way through.
I solved it using numbers only - there weren't any letters on my pad. Great fun, as always.
Marty: hehe sorry, I made a couple of small tweaks after a few people spotted a bit of logic that I hadn't noticed, which shortcutted some of the puzzle. Hopefully is fixed now. Thanks for solving!
on 20. February 2025, 17:59 by MaizeGator
Very interesting puzzle idea/premise. The wordplay is very impressive.
on 20. February 2025, 16:58 by SirWoezel
A pleasure to solve.
on 20. February 2025, 13:49 by MattYDdraig
Nicely done. So many elements blended into one without becoming too intensive.
Side note: I couldn't use the cipher key on mobile (letters A-I, plus O only available) but that would have been rather limiting on your word choices to restrict yourself to those.
on 20. February 2025, 12:59 by ChinStrap
Another unique and brilliant creation from Marty. How someone can make an approachable CC with doublers and ciphers AND do something new with it all is beyond me.
on 20. February 2025, 12:20 by gotem
Super nice flow and amazing easter eggs to confirm that it's the right path to the solution ;)
