Ça fait la rue Michel
(Eingestellt am 10. Dezember 2025, 15:46 Uhr von Kjupatrick)
Ça fait la rue Michel by Patrick Junke
Rules:
Sudoku:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
(Place all the digits from 1 to 9 in every row, column, and 3 by 3 section.)
Labyrinth:
The grid hides a labyrinth: a single continuous region of orthogonally connected cells.
A 2×2 block may never consist entirely of labyrinth cells.
There is no dead ends in the labyrinth (every labyrinth cell is connected to at least two other labyrinth cells).
Walls (killer cages):
All remaining cells are walls.
Walls form isolated groups of exactly four orthogonally connected cells.
"Isolated" means that wall cells from different groups can't touch each other, not even diagonally.
Digits within a group of walls do not repeat and sum to 14.
X symbols:
An X between two cells indicates that their digits sum to 10.
ALL Xs ARE GIVEN.
An X is always framed when it lies between two cells of the same type: either labyrinth cells or wall cells.
App link :
Here is a link to a SudokuPad version of the grid.
Note about the title :
The French expression “ça fait la rue Michel” means “that’s the right amount” or “that’ll do” and dates back to 19th-century Paris.
It originates from rue Michel-le-Comte, a busy street in the Marais near many newspaper offices. Cab drivers who worked in the area supposedly coined the phrase: after receiving the fare, they jokingly said “ça fait la rue Michel-le-Comte” instead of “ça fait le compte” (“that’s the right total”). Over time, the expression was shortened to “ça fait la rue Michel.”
I (re-)discovered this expression thanks to a small French-language Sudoku-solving YouTube channel called Sudofrou, which I’d like to give a shout-out to.
Lösungscode: The sixth row from left to right:
Kommentare
am 13. Dezember 2025, 09:15 Uhr von Guvenistan
Appropriate to the theme, I started off with the wrong strategy for thee break-in, got really far in and then got stuck so I had to reset from 0 and try a different strategy to break-in and solve - just like rue Michel.
Patrick> Thank you for the comment!
I pesonnaly agree, it is not that straightforward. I definitively find it more difficult than "Raining ten clues" or "The buried clue walls", also positionned around 3 stars difficulty.
am 10. Dezember 2025, 18:36 Uhr von War
I agree, this is very approachable, 3* difficulty. Fun solve path, thanks for setting!
Patrick> Thank you hm... War. (Didn't thought I would thank "war" one day ;-) .)
Glad you had fun, it's the most important.
-Haha you're welcome! my username is an Easter egg from an old game called nethack. It's the original dungeon diver(or second to rogue), and at the end of the game you encounter 3 of the horsemen and if you chat to them they tell you you are War.
am 10. Dezember 2025, 18:34 Uhr von Kjupatrick
Lowering the estimate difficulty to average (3/5).
am 10. Dezember 2025, 18:24 Uhr von tryote
Very nice! IMO it’s closer to a 3/5 on the difficulty scale.
Patrick> Thank you!
I personnaly had quite a hard time testing it and didn't wanted to trap people with a 3/5. (But I am by far a better setter than solver.) Thanks to your feedback I will lower the difficulty level.
