FortresS-Cells
(Published on 23. July 2026, 22:20 by Scojo)
Rules:
- Place the digits 0-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. To achieve this, one cell in each row, column, and box must contain two digits.
- Schrödinger's Fortress: For any cell in the grid that contains two digits, one of the digits must be greater than all of the digits in orthogonally adjacent cells, and the other digit must be lower than all of the digits in orthogonally adjacent cells.
- Cages: Digits in a cage sum to the total in the top left corner of the cage.
Solve in SudokuPad

Solution code: The 10 digits in row 7 from left to right, with the lower digit first for the cell with two digits.
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Comments
on 29. July 2026, 11:43 by SennyK
What a wonderful construction :-)
on 27. July 2026, 17:36 by Arheus
This is lovely! This must make it to CTC just to watch Simon's head wrap around the concept and implications :D
on 25. July 2026, 11:25 by Gunkan
Agree, absolutely lovely
on 24. July 2026, 12:36 by amirs
Quite tricky but absolutely lovely!