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Bootleg Cat Mates

(Published on 9. May 2026, 10:00 by Flinty)

Happy Birthday
This puzzle is my birthday gift for Scojo!
Scojo is the glue that holds the wonderful Twitch Sudoku community together.

Special Thanks
This puzzle is the 'easy dubz*' younger brother to the beast that is Dutch Cat Mates by Andrewsarchus.
(*relatively speaking)
Also a huge shoutout to palpot, who helped me find a valid puzzle that wasn't trivial.

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Initial Setter Difficulty: 2.5 / 5

Normal 6x6 Sudoku rules apply
Place the digits 1-6 exactly once in every row, column, and 2x3 box.

Copy Cat cells
Exactly one cell in each row, column, and box is a Copy Cat cell.
The digits 1-6 each occur exactly once in a Copy Cat cell.
The value of a Copy Cat cell is the digit (not value) from the rotationally opposite cell in the grid.
For example, if R2C3 is a Copy Cat cell, then its value is the digit from R5C4.

Dutch Flats
Every cell with a value of 5 must have a cell directly above it with a value of 1.

Kittens
A cell with a kitten, has a value that matches its row or column (in normal reading order). All possible Kittens are given.

Hint to start

Value 5 in Row 1 cannot exist. The other 5s always need a value 1 above them.

Solution code: Values in Row 6

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Solved by palpot, NEWS, Scojo, SennyK, marcmees, Andrewsarchus, PuzzBmcg, SKORP17, Gnubeutel, widjo, sorryimLate, Drafuf
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Comments

on 11. May 2026, 20:11 by Scojo
Such friendly little copykittens, thank you Flinty!

on 11. May 2026, 01:09 by Gnubeutel
Very nice puzzle. I had trouble keeping my value notation straight with all those friendly kittens.

Difficulty:3
Rating:82 %
Solved:12 times
Observed:1 times
ID:000SLB

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