Today I went mad and decided to create something totally crazy, inspired by a puzzle Gross Misconduct
by Marty Sears :-)
Below you can find 4 versions, with and without diagonal lines helping to scan for letters D and also Mobile versions.
Big thank you to ChinStrap for help with visuals and JSON and to Lake and Twitch chat for testing it, and to TVDK for actually fully solving it :-)
I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.
Abnormal sudoku rules apply: Fill the grid with the digits 0-9 and the letters M, D, P, R, B, C so that digits and letters do not repeat in any row, column or 4x4 box.
A value of a letter equals:
Mimicry - a value in the cell rotationally opposite itself in the grid (180° rotation about the center of the grid) [CopyCat], M cannot be mimicked by another M;
Diagonal - a diagonal number (main negative diagonal has number 1 and numbers are increasing as they are moving away from the main negative diagonal);
Position - a position [within a box] number (positions within a box are numbered 1-16 in normal reading order);
Row - a row number;
Box - a box number (boxes are numbered 1-16 in normal reading order);
Column - a column number.
All constraints are standard (like in 9x9) except of the modular line - this is a 6-modular line.
Kropki Dots: Values in cells joined by a white dot are consecutive. Values in cells joined by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio (i.e., one value will be double the other).
Arrow: Values along an arrow sum to the value in the attached circle.
Palindrome Line (PAL): Values along a grey palindrome read the same in both directions.
Lockout Line (LOC): Values on an ice blue lockout line cannot be between or equal to the values on the diamond endpoints. Values on the endpoints must differ by at least 4.
Zipper Line (ZIP): Values an equal distance from the (dotted) center of a lavender line must sum to the value in the center of that line.
6-Modular Line (MOD): Any sequence of 6 adjacent values along a teal line must include exactly one value from each of the six modulo 6 groups: {0, 6, 12}, {1, 7, 13}, {2, 8, 14}, {3, 9, 15}, {4, 10, 16}, and {5, 11}.
Region Sum Line (RSL): Box borders divide a blue line into segments which have the same sum of values. Different lines may have different sums.
German Whisper Line (GW): Adjacent values along a green line have a difference of at least 5.
Nabner Line (NAB): Values along a yellow line form a set of non-repeating non-consecutive values in any order (i.e., any two values on a line must differ by at least 2).
Renban Line (REN): Values along a pink line form a set of non-repeating consecutive values in any order.
Choose how you want to solve:
With Diagonal Lines: SudokuPad Link
Without Diagonal Lines: SudokuPad Link
Mobile With Diagonal Lines: SudokuPad Link
Mobile Without Diagonal Lines: SudokuPad Link
Lösungscode: Sixth (6th) column of the grid from top to bottom (including letters M, D, P, R, B, C).
Gestern, 20:58 Uhr von CitrusGremlin
Wow. What a puzzle. Honestly, was more intimidating than difficult. I went very slowly and carefully and once I internalized the rules it was fun to just go around the border analyzing what values I could get with what letters and how that would play with the local clues.
Took me 7 hours and 41 minutes and I enjoyed almost every minute of it. The final bits of scanning once I ran out of variant clues was a bit tedious and felt like looking for needles in haystacks but I'm not letting that detract from my rating. This is going on my favorites list for sure.
Gestern, 19:43 Uhr von gfoot
That's an incredible marathon, lots of interesting different bits of logic, very nice layout with different constraints in different areas that interact at a distance, leading to lots of nice local break-ins. It was very hard to scan the grid towards the end, easy to miss sudoku logic.
am 12. April 2026, 14:57 Uhr von Andrewsarchus
A beautiful monster of a puzzle!
am 12. April 2026, 06:39 Uhr von TVDK
This was very nice, but also a monster of a puzzle. I definitely had "mad delirium" when I finished solving it at 3:30am...