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(Published yesterday, 11:22 by adalg)

Right now, nine old-fashioned clocks are waiting for repair at the watchmaker's and he's trying to figure out what's wrong with them. It's Monday and he's not clearheaded. Can you help?

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply, plus:

Nine Hours. Each box is an imperfect clock. It never shows 10, 11, or 12, and some numbers are in the wrong places. These are the rules for each clock:

1) Since the clock is being repaired, both hands have been removed and their mountings (center of the box) have lost their ability to contain the number 2.

2) Each clock displays exactly three digits that are approximated to their actual locations on the clock display. That is, if - viewed from the middle of the box - 1 or 2 are located in the upper right corner, 3 horizontally to the right, 4 or 5 lower right, 6 directly below, 7 or 8 lower left, or 9 horizontally to the left, then these are considered correct numbers.

3) One of the correct numbers on the clock face is its box number (boxes are numbered from left to right with boxes 1-3 at the top, 4-6 in the middle, and 7-9 at the bottom).

4) If two correct numbers are located adjacently on the clock face (not, for example, jumping diagonally over a wrong number), they must be consecutive.

Solve here: Sudokupad link

I hope you'll like it!

Solution code: Digits in row 5, from left to right.


Solved by l34nd3r, syst3ms, Aurril, SKORP17, efnenu, GrumpyMan, IvoryLinnie, clock, holmic, Gnubeutel, NEWS
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yesterday, 15:20 by adalg
@Aurril: Thank you for the feedback and I agree. I just wasn't sure.

yesterday, 13:55 by Aurril
Interesting setting and with all the constraints given it was only a 1* difficulty for me.

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