Monsieur Patate
(Eingestellt am 29. Juni 2025, 23:00 Uhr von ViKingPrime)
PUZZLE:
RULES:
Normal SUDOKU rules apply.
Digits are ANTIKNIGHT wherein cells a chess knight's move apart must not contain the same digit.
Digits within a KILLER cage must sum to the number in the top-left corner; digits must not repeat in a killer cage.
White KROPKI dots separate consecutive digits; black kropki dots separate digits where one is double the other [1:2].
The grid is partially covered in FOG; placing correct digits will clear the fog from the surrounding area (no guessing is required).
INTRODUCTION:
Created for one of Scojo's delight sudoku prompts. This puzzle could be 1-star or 5-stars for difficulty, depending on your familiarity with sudoku theorems (so please do forgive me if the challenge level doesn't necessarily align with your expectations).
Have fun!
Lösungscode: The digits along Row 7, left to right.
Kommentare
Heute, 12:33 Uhr von MattJones
I’ve never been able to use The Rule in the wild before. Brilliant! So proud to have worked out to tackle this - and grateful to the setter for making it manageable. Brilliant puzzle.
am 14. Juli 2025, 07:50 Uhr von jakestilesowen
I had to set this one down and come back to it to figure it out, but it was definitely worth coming back to. Thanks for it!
am 3. Juli 2025, 08:47 Uhr von JVA
Absolutely demential people are rating this 1*
am 2. Juli 2025, 16:37 Uhr von damo_89
Such a rogue 1* !
am 1. Juli 2025, 07:29 Uhr von PatJoyce
1*? Are you mad? This puzzle is BRUTAL.
am 1. Juli 2025, 03:36 Uhr von chinesemaster
Solved under 10 minutes- only possible because of Simon!
am 1. Juli 2025, 00:30 Uhr von marty_sears
This was excellent fun and a really nice difficulty level for me. Good job I knew about Monsieur Patate though! Great response to Flinty's prompt
am 30. Juni 2025, 13:07 Uhr von Karitsu
Pretty glad I watched a CTC video last week that mentioned this particular peculiarity about a certain constraint and a certain Sudoku theorem or I may not have solved this one.
am 30. Juni 2025, 10:32 Uhr von Martina
Nice, though I feel that knowledge of that rule makes it 2*.
am 30. Juni 2025, 08:10 Uhr von Margrietina
This was first time in my still-very-newbie-to-Sudoku life to actually use The Secret Rule in practice, and it makes me feel very happy and proud to have been able to do so.
Thank you!!!
am 30. Juni 2025, 04:54 Uhr von vitaminz
Top ten sudoku moment for sure
am 30. Juni 2025, 03:45 Uhr von RussKozerski
Definitely needed the special rule early on to figure out that one special digit. But after that, the special rule wasn't needed. So, yeah, easy if you know the rule. Damn near impossible if you don't.
am 30. Juni 2025, 02:33 Uhr von saxdaddyj
Took me a bit to remember the special rule but it all came together after that. Haven't seen a lot of people use that particular secret. Great Puzzle!
am 30. Juni 2025, 00:30 Uhr von JoeyJoeJoe
took me 00:37:04; Would rate this Hard, save one obscure rule.
