Big Bad Wolf
(Published on 10. April 2025, 14:24 by IcyFruit)
Divide the grid into orthogonally connected regions. Place a digit from 1-9 in every cell such that each digit appears exactly once in every row, column, and region.
Region boundaries divide the line into segments. The digit in the Nth cell of a segment indicates the position of the digit N on that segment. Positions are counted starting from 1 at an end of the segment which much be determined. Different segments may count in different directions relative to the line.
Solution code: Row 6
Comments
on 28. April 2025, 18:18 by BlueShifted
Perfect setting!. The opposite of tedious, the clues are very carefully put to tip in the right direction away from try and error without compromising the logic ...
on 18. April 2025, 12:17 by Cascon
Very fun puzzle! I loved the break in! my first 5 star clear as well :)
on 18. April 2025, 11:05 by Jackler
Looks harder than it actually is. Very smooth puzzle all the way through.
on 17. April 2025, 11:44 by Fool on Hill
Wonderful puzzle, lovely solve, beautiful ideas, fresh logic. Doesn't look possible but solves so cleanly when you catch on ...
on 14. April 2025, 23:14 by skuntsel
What an elegant puzzle! Liked every moment of solving it. Its mesmerizing how it all disambiguates itself given the minimalistic setting. And what a natural flow! But of course, nobody expected anything else from the best. Take a bow, IcyFruit!
on 11. April 2025, 20:50 by madhupt
What a wonderful, wonderful puzzle! So minimalistic, yet it all falls into place with the given constraint, that itself is so simple. Great to be able to solve it in under an hour. Hope a Simon has a go at it on CtC. Thanks for sharing this.
on 11. April 2025, 14:08 by mihel111
SOTY ?
on 11. April 2025, 13:14 by peacherwu2
The most minimal ever: just a rope!
on 11. April 2025, 08:19 by marcmees
One of the nicest CC's published lately.Thanks.
on 10. April 2025, 21:37 by Exigus
Amazing construction. Understood most of the implications of the line fairly early but still toook some 60 ish minutes.
on 10. April 2025, 20:39 by Franjo
Absolutely amazing CC-puzzle! I’m lost for words admiring this incredible construction. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this wonderful masterpiece.
on 10. April 2025, 18:10 by lcy.30
That was epic! Took me almost an hour to understand the many constraints that the index line segments put on the chaos construction.
on 10. April 2025, 17:49 by Jesper
Great puzzle, with a really cool break-in, thanks!
