flash in the extancy
(Published on 12. June 2026, 03:11 by aqjhs)
I made this puzzle following Scojo's prompt to use lot clues in a chaos construction puzzle.
- Divide the grid into nine orthogonally connected regions and place the digits 1 to 9 once each in every row, column and region.
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Region Lots:
- A digit on a diamond counts the number of cells in the (up to) 3x3 area centered at the cell that are in its own region, including itself.
- Also, a digit on a diamond indicates how many times that digit appears on diamonds.
- Cells joined by a white dot have consecutive digits and belong to the same region.
- Cells joined by a green dot have digits with a difference of at least 5.
See also:
Solution code: Row 3 with a / for each region border (ex. 123/456/789)
Comments
on 14. June 2026, 13:01 by wuc
Has to restart. It was worth it not giving up. Beautiful. 4* to me. Thx.
on 14. June 2026, 02:39 by Crusader175
Fun puzzle!
on 13. June 2026, 16:38 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing this wonderful CC-puzzle. Maybe it’s a 3*-puzzle, but for me the Sudoku part towards the end got quite tricky.
on 13. June 2026, 03:04 by Exigus
A bit tricky but very cool setup. Thanks!
on 12. June 2026, 05:54 by Chaossudokusplease
Another great CC puzzle, we've been having lots of good ones lately! Depending on familiarity with CC, it might still be 3.5-4 stars, but I found it quite smooth and interesting throughout the solve.
on 12. June 2026, 04:07 by qoala
For the diamond clues: when counting orthogonally or diagonally adjacent cells in its own region, you specify "up to 9" in a parenthetical. But the way I would normally define "adjacency", there are only 8 such cells.
Are these digits meant to count themselves? Or is the parenthetical unintentionally claiming an excessively high bound.
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it does include itself, i'll add a clarification
