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Public Secrecy

(Eingestellt am 13. Januar 2024, 00:54 Uhr von shadow-nexus)

Public Secrecy

There is a secret about a number made up of 2 digits. Other digits only dare whisper it to their favourite friends.
It appears that this secret somehow spread to each and every Sudoku region and back.
Even though none of the digits have told me this secret, I suspect they all know.


Rules

Normal Sudoku rules apply.

The green cell is part of a single closed loop whose path must be determined by the solver.
The loop travels orthogonally from one cell to the next and visits each 3 by 3 Sudoku box at least once, eventually returning to the given green cell clue.
The loop may touch itself (even orthogonally) but does not cross itself.
Consecutive digits on the loop differ by at least 5 (i.e., the loop is a German Whisper line)

2 publicly secret digits never appear on the loop.

In each box, the corresponding box number must orthogonally neighbour at least one of the secret digits, or be a secret digit itself, or both.
In boxes without any of the 3 given clues, the box number also indicates how many of that number's surrounding cells (including its own cell) are NOT part of the loop.

E.g, R5C7 is part of box 6, so if its digit is also 6 then:
at least one of R4C7, R5C6, R5C7, R5C8, R6C7 should contain a secret digit
and out of R4C6,R4C7,R4C8, R5C6,R5C7,R5C8, R6C6,R6C7,R6C8, 3 cells are visited and the other 6 are NOT visited by the loop.

Note: Boxes 1/2/3 contain given clues, in those boxes the box number still neighbours at least one secret digit, but the number does not constrain the line.


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Lösungscode: Column 1 (top to bottom, no spaces)

Zuletzt geändert am 13. Januar 2024, 22:59 Uhr

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Zuletzt geändert am 7. Februar 2024, 14:34 Uhr

am 1. Februar 2024, 08:14 Uhr von kimikanna
very nice sudoku! took me 4 hours cause i'm not used to such a difficult puzzles, but at the end it was definitely worth it <3

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RE: I appreciate your perseverance! Thanks for enjoying my puzzle

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am 15. Januar 2024, 23:41 Uhr von Fool on Hill
This has a miracle quality and the variant rule leads to some really interesting logic. Beautiful setting

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RE: Exactly what I was going for. Thanks for the kind words!

am 13. Januar 2024, 22:59 Uhr von shadow-nexus
The problem with TinyPuz seems to be restricted to mobile devices. On my laptop it worked fine.
I changed it to a TinyUrl link anyway, which seems to work on all my devices.
Thanks for letting me know.

am 13. Januar 2024, 22:31 Uhr von Solved647
Unfortunately, TinyPuz appears to be experiencing technical difficulties, and the link is not working in any of the 3 browsers I tried.

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am 13. Januar 2024, 02:29 Uhr von yttrio
I had my suspicions about the secret digits, and fortunately logic ultimately confirmed what they were :)

Absolutely fantastic puzzle, thanks for sharing!

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RE: Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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