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Never Odd or Even (Look and Say, Palindrome)

(Published on 4. August 2026, 14:00 by tallcat)

This puzzle was set at SudokuCon 2026 in response to Scojo's Setting Saturday Live prompt where Juggler and Marty Sears drew look-and-say cages and palindromes respectively. Having set only once with (quite short) palindromes and never with look-and-say, it took me a while to have some inspiration - but I am really pleased with the end result! Happy solving!

This is also my first posted puzzle for a while - mostly as real life (and helping organize the Con) got in the way. There's nothing like being surrounded by smart sudoku people to get you motivated!

Normal sudoku rules apply

Palindromes: Digits an equal number of cells away from the dotted center of a line are the same.

Look and Say: Cages have digits in the top left corner. The first digit in a pair indicates how many times the second digit appears in the cage. For example, a cage with a 0426 clue would have zero 4s and two 6s in). Digits can repeat in cages.





Can be played online at Sudokupad

Solution code: Row 6 (left to right). Nine digits, no spaces

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Solved by Piff, Fool on Hill, Aaravos, Ph1nt, jalebc, wuc, redgecko, lars, forsen, gxorgx, Megalobrainiac, butch02, killer_rectangle, mathpesto, Saltensity, Chlaxi, raaaaa, Rocinante, harwiltz, sudopa, ... Uhu, Megamug, MorsBe, KJ_for_science, strangelyinsane, zeniko, Shmartus, lindap, lgastako, SMM, pepe74287, tjmas, OGRussHood, Kachow, Ye Nay Myo Han, botteur, k2u5as, Chopper5, m_and_m_toastie
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Comments

on 6. August 2026, 20:15 by Djirt
Спасибо, что поделись отличным судоку!

on 5. August 2026, 09:35 by vukkarak
I liked both the early stage and the final break in. Nice job!

on 5. August 2026, 08:18 by abadx
Great use of the geometry with some nice deductions along the solve path. Low half of 3 stars to me

on 5. August 2026, 08:00 by BigHead
Excellent puzzle thank you!

on 4. August 2026, 20:07 by SennyK
Great puzzle! :-)

on 4. August 2026, 20:05 by simontherry
Nice!

on 4. August 2026, 19:43 by PinkNickels
Beautiful. A perfect 2* puzzle. Bravo.

on 4. August 2026, 19:40 by Piatato
Lovely!

on 4. August 2026, 17:30 by Saltensity
Very smooth puzzle that was manageable for me, thank you!

on 4. August 2026, 15:09 by wuc
Very rewarding cool puzzle. Great logic huge fun thx.

Difficulty:2
Rating:95 %
Solved:192 times
Observed:2 times
ID:000U6Q

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