all the seats were occupied
(Published on 15. December 2025, 17:17 by aqjhs)
I made this puzzle following Scojo's prompt to use indexing (here in the form of numbered rooms) along with some sort of lying clues.
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Spaces outside the grid are numbered room clues, they contain the same digit as the digit placed in Nth position looking into the grid in the row/column, where N is the digit in the first position.
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For the following clues two instances of them are correct and one is false: Cages, Quadruples, German Whisper, Renban, Black dots, White dots, X.
- Cages: digits may not repeat in a cage and must sum to the indicated total.
- Quadruples: digits in a big blue circle must appear in the surrounding four cells as many times as they appear in the circle.
- German Whisper: adjacent digits along a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Renban: digits on a pink line are a set of consecutive numbers in any order.
- Black dots: digits joined by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
- White dots: digits joined by a white dot are consecutive.
- X: digits joined by an X sum to 10.
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Solution code: Row 6
Comments
on 3. October 2026, 19:21 by ViKingPrime
Damn. Wow.
on 18. December 2025, 13:53 by itsid
I don't think I can wrap my head around lying puzzles too well yet..
that puzzle was terribly hard for me, to a point where I even doubted that numbered rooms were to be trusted (but the rules said so imho) and
well I need a therapy doll and a cozy hiding blanket to explain.. let's just say
"what an experience" ;-)
on 17. December 2025, 11:15 by Bankey
Fun puzzle. Thanks, @ aqjhs :).
on 16. December 2025, 21:17 by erml
Pure joy, excellent puzzle!
on 16. December 2025, 16:12 by CitrusGremlin
Love a puzzle with a good set of lying clues. This was very fun!
on 16. December 2025, 06:05 by rameshsrivats
Full fun
on 16. December 2025, 06:01 by Crusader175
Really enjoyed solving this puzzle!
on 15. December 2025, 17:41 by Manta-Ray
Excellent 2T-1L puzzle!
