Tentropic Terrier
(Published on 11. June 2025, 20:06 by Scojo)
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- Tentropic Doppel-Dög loop: Draw an orthogonally connected loop through the centers of some cells that does not touch itself, even diagonally.
- The loop starts from the cells marked with the dog and the arrow and is considered to be oriented in the direction indicated by the arrow.
- A cell on the loop with a digit D has a value equal to the digit in the cell D steps away along the loop in the orientation given by the arrow. The values of cells not on the loop are the digits they contain.
- Every set of 4 adjacent digits (not values) on the loop must contain a digit from each of the X-pair (ten-pair) subsets of {1,9}, {2,8}, {3,7}, and {4,6}. A 5 may not appear on the loop.
- Killer: Values in a cage sum to the indicated total. Digits may not repeat within a cage, but values may.
- Quads: Values in a circle must appear in the surrounding 4 cells, at least as many times as they are shown in the circle.
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Solution code: VALUES on the loop in row 5, left to right
Last changed on on 19. June 2025, 19:23
Solved by aqjhs, Piff, tuturitu, PierreTombal, zeniko, palpot, sehringdipity, ChinStrap, Ratfinkz, tonald, Nell Gwyn, steeto, DragonEgg, yknn
Comments
on 19. June 2025, 04:55 by ChinStrap
That was great but really really tough. Everything was fair and accessible but there are some steps that so surprising at first. Loved it
on 12. June 2025, 08:50 by Piff
Love the doppeldög
on 11. June 2025, 21:31 by aqjhs
a winner in the Dög show!