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Outside Killer U-Bahn

(Eingestellt am 8. Juli 2025, 17:16 Uhr von the_cogito)

I set this puzzle for turn 6 of the Sudoku Skunkworks League. The prompt was to set a 9x9 puzzle specifically using the winning setter IDs from the previous rounds, which were 3, 6, 17, 17 (again), 34, and 45. I'm very proud of this puzzle, I hope you like it :)

Rules:
- Draw a totally connected loop network through the centers of some cells, which may branch or turn, but may not have any dead ends.
- Cells in the spaces above or left of the grid may contain U-Bahn clues as allowed by other rules, where U-Bahn clues indicate how many times the corresponding line shape (i.e. a cross, branch, straight line, or turn) appears in the corresponding row or column, irrespective of the line shape's rotation.
- Given numbers outside the grid are killer sums, and function separately from U-Bahn clues. Killer sums indicate the sum of some group of orthogonally connected, non-repeating, non-zero U-Bahn clues. These groups must be found, must include their respective clued cell, and must not overlap with one another.
- Given cages in the grid may not contain the same line shape in the same orientation more than once.

- To activate answer check, correctly fill all U-Bahn clues which are part of killer sum groups, leaving other cells empty. Note that in sudokupad, emptying the other cells appears to be unnecessary.



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Lösungscode: For every column except the last, read from left to right, the number of loop segments extending right from that column.


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Kommentare

am 24. August 2025, 01:42 Uhr von damasosos92
A real one-of-a-kind puzzle.

am 25. Juli 2025, 00:14 Uhr von BloodbuzzCorio
the_cogito this is an absolutely incredible puzzle. I am a huge fan of u-bahn variants and this is right up there with the very best of them. Thanks for setting and sharing!

am 20. Juli 2025, 10:13 Uhr von tuace
Great construction, magical and smooth :)

am 16. Juli 2025, 19:35 Uhr von Phistomefel
A wonderful puzzle and it is a very impressive feat to use just only the given numbers as clues. Kudos!

am 13. Juli 2025, 16:02 Uhr von Mr. Happy
Wow! What an amazing puzzle

am 9. Juli 2025, 22:51 Uhr von RJBlarmo
Incredible construction, and all the more impressive that this was created using 6 predetermined numbers!

am 9. Juli 2025, 21:37 Uhr von cyddrdrd
Smooth and brilliant!

am 9. Juli 2025, 19:40 Uhr von KNT
extremely impressive!

am 9. Juli 2025, 11:44 Uhr von Piatato
Amazing! You'd really think that you picked the numbers yourself. Almost unbelievably well done!

am 9. Juli 2025, 01:21 Uhr von Agent
Spectacular! One of the most impressive minimalistic constructions I've seen in a while, and yet the solution path is very entertaining and smooth.

am 8. Juli 2025, 21:46 Uhr von Jesper
Very cool puzzle, thanks!

am 8. Juli 2025, 19:08 Uhr von Niverio
Absolutely brilliant and magical construction!

am 8. Juli 2025, 18:06 Uhr von dumediat
For me, this puzzle was perfect in just about every possible way. Pure magic!

am 8. Juli 2025, 17:46 Uhr von sfushidahardy
Really amazing how smooth this puzzle was, given how difficult it looks. Loved every moment of the solve.

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Gelöst:32 mal
Beobachtet:3 mal
ID:000O58

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