Mercenary
(Published on 4. October 2026, 03:41 by MathGuy_12)
This was set in collaboration with Isamook! He came to me with an idea of full rank and ambiguous little killer duality and this was the result. It was a great time setting with Isamook, we look forward to the next puzzle!
Thanks to all the testers!
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Full rank:
- Consider all rows and columns as 9-digit numbers read from the direction of the clue and ranked from lowest (1) to highest (36), a clue represents where in the ranking that row/column lies.
- Each full rank clue is also an ambiguous little killer clues. In one of the diagonal directions from the clue digits along that diagonal must sum to the full rank clue.
Solution code: Rank 31 (9 digits)
Comments
on 5. October 2026, 16:55 by I Love Sleeping
Lovely puzzle!
I usually hate full rank, but this one was very smooth yet very interesting.
on 5. October 2026, 13:36 by Snookerfan
Pretty puzzle! Not too hard, especially for a full rank puzzle, thanks
on 4. October 2026, 06:16 by Saltensity
Very nice puzzle! Deductions were not too difficult and the solve was smooth, thank you MathGuy_12!
on 4. October 2026, 04:30 by Jooshy
Easy and fun, thanks for sharing!
