Murder Holes (Chaos Construction)
(Published on 1. July 2025, 23:03 by kingoffries)
Probably 4.5 stars. Thanks to Roger Wrightstone, Ul-Rhymm, and Peng from the CTC Discord for testing this puzzle!
Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column, and orthogonally connected group of cells, to be determined by the user.
Killer Cages: Cells in a killer cage sum to the value in the top left corner of the cage, favoring topmost over leftmost. All cage values are given. All cells in a killer cage share the same region.
Killer Wormholes: Some cages are killer wormholes. Some of the numbered cages are entrances, with each unnumbered cage being an exit. Cells in an entrance are considered orthogonal to cells in their exit. All cells in a killer wormhole are considered part of the same killer cage.
Wormhole Constraints: Each region with a killer wormhole has only one killer wormhole, is split by the wormhole into sub-regions, and cannot border itself.
Kropki: The cells bordering the white dot are consecutive. Cells bordering a black dot have a 1:2 ratio.
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Solution code: Row 1 with dashes on borders.
Last changed on on 2. July 2025, 17:26
Solved by wildbush7, sehringdipity, Snookerfan, jkuo7, tnop62830, dustpan, Dentones, 999ARMEN999, Clara123, zakkai, Asphodel, trashghost, Rafje, halakani, BloodFalcon
Comments
on 2. July 2025, 17:26 by kingoffries
- Title typo
on 2. July 2025, 10:43 by Snookerfan
Smooth after some key deductions in the beginning. Very nice, thank you!
on 2. July 2025, 03:40 by wildbush7
Thanks for the puzzle - had a nice flow throughout with no terribly hard deductions.
on 1. July 2025, 23:06 by kingoffries
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