No Clone Out
(Published on 2. May 2026, 15:55 by pagedo)
Clones:
Cloning Working Overtime
Clone Alone
Normal Sudoku Rules apply.
Clones: The four shaded cell region in Grid Box 1 is cloned throughout the 9x9 Grid. Digits appear in exactly the same positions in each shaded clone region. Clone regions do not overlap.
The region was cloned 4 times. However a wannabe 5th clone has infiltrated the grid and needs to be weeded out and ignored.
Digits in cells joined by an X sum to 10. Digits in cells joined by an V sum to 5.
Digits in cells joined by a white dot are consecutive. Digits in cells joined by a black dot are in a 2:1 ratio.
Not all Xs, Vs or dots are necessarily given.
Solve with SudokuPad
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Hope you enjoy it. Feel free to give feedback.
Thanks
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Solution code: Row 7 digits
Comments
on 13. May 2026, 11:34 by QuiltyAsCharged
An enjoyable bit of detective work! I had to be very careful tracking clues around the grid.
on 3. May 2026, 23:29 by Plok
Lovely puzzle. This is one of the few "uncertainty" puzzles I like. No assumptions needed, just pure logic.
I would say a low 2*.
on 3. May 2026, 16:16 by damo_89
As counterpoint, I managed to break this 4 times with erroneous clone assumptions, and have rated 3. So 2 probably correct! :)
on 3. May 2026, 05:47 by SanFranSam
Don't take this the wrong way, but this was the easiest 2* puzzle i have yet finished. And I have given up on 1* puzzles. Maybe i was just lucky on finding the wrong clone.
on 2. May 2026, 23:19 by ScatterBrain
That was fun, thanks!
