This puzzle is inspired by Playmaker6174's Cavernous Japanese Sum: Deconstruction (9x9) and (11x11). Estimated difficulty is a harder 4-star.
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Example:
For example, 4 is in a Observer cell, the cell has digital value 8 and cave value 4.
Solution code: Column 8 of the main grid, with hyphens (-) for region borders. (Example: 123-45-6-7-89)
on 11. June 2026, 09:09 by Playmaker6174
This one has been under my radar for a while, and so I would plan to try this one as the 'official' 3000th solve on this site in the future. Now I finally had the chance to tackle it here and wow...
This was definitely one of the best (and highly intricate) CC puzzles I've solved in a long while.
The ways both centrosymmetric sets impacted the whole solve were utterly mindblowing, and even though the irregular with the observers part towards the last one third of the solve took me so long to unfold, I still had more than enough remarkable moments at the end there.
Thank you once again for this wonderful and engaging puzzle! x)
on 30. April 2026, 16:08 by henrypijames
Define "centrosymmetric".
Reply: the ninth region coincides with itself when rotated 180 degrees around r5c5.
The shape formed by all observer cells coincides with itself when rotated 180 degrees around r5c5.
Equivalently, if rXcY is a cell from the ninth region / observer cells, then r 10-x c 10-y is also a cell from the ninth region / observer cells.
AI recommends "centrosymmetric".
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