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Matryoshka X

(Published on 17. September 2025, 12:01 by TVDK)



This puzzle was originally set as part of an Imposter Prompt, where someone made a puzzle that was typical of their style, someone else would make a puzzle in the original person's style, and then people had to guess which puzzle was made by the imposter. This was my puzzle mimicking Timotab's style.

This puzzle was against Floors Mopped and was voted by Scojo's twitch chat as the "real" Timotab puzzle.



Normal Sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column, and box, without repetition.
X-Sums: Clues outside the grid indicates the sum of the first N digits, where N is the digit in the closest cell to the clue.
Russian Doll Sums: Clues outside the grid also indicate that in that row or column, there exist two digits which sum to the clue, such that the digits between them also sum to the clue.
[Alternate framing of Russian Doll Sums: Each outside clue represents a sandwich where the two crust digits sum to the clue and so do the filling digits.]


Sudokupad: https://sudokupad.app/plad2d6pt0

Solution code: Row 4 (9 digits, left to right)


Solved by NEWS, dumediat, jalebc, ludvigr04, Puppy, marcmees, ViKingPrime, Pumpkin, SKORP17, xiaozhu, aqjhs, rifflter, Scojo, Exigus, mellowrobinson, allama, zrbakhtiar, QuiltyAsCharged, Crul, IvoryLinnie, cmigas, edd, pepe74287, paranoid, maniacaljackal
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Comments

on 18. September 2025, 00:26 by Exigus
Great show of the Russian doll sum rule. Thanks!

on 17. September 2025, 12:23 by dumediat
Incredibly elegant and smooth, thank you!

Difficulty:2
Rating:89 %
Solved:25 times
Observed:1 times
ID:000P89

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