Diagonal Separation (Dazed Out #9)
(Published on 26. June 2026, 19:23 by .proxz14)
RULES
- 1. Chaos Construction: Divide the grid into 9 regions of 9 orthogonally connected cells. Place the digits 1–9 in every row, column and region exactly once each.
- 2. Little Killers: Clues with an arrow (both outside, and inside the grid) show the sum of the digits on their diagonal. Additionally, all cells along the diagonal in the direction of the arrow belong to the same region, including the cell that contains the arrow.
- 3. Full Rank: Considering all rows and columns as numbers read from the direction of the clue and ranked from lowest (1) to highest (36), ANY clue outside the grid (including little killer clues) represents where in the ranking that row/column lies.
- 4. Secret Row: One row contains exactly one cell from each of the nine regions. The location of this row must be determined by the solver.
Solution code: Digits of the "secret row" from left to right
Solved by L00ping007, zonny, BanishedBread, StevenS, GorgeousNicko, marcmees, SKORP17, SPring, Becky, 30somethingsolver, ShoneChello, SennyK, maniacaljackal, DanishDynamite, Ftown778, misko, dogfarts, ... falk, karlmortenlunna, kingoffries, lingbincc, lsw770770, IDEK, kangaroo, clock, MaizeGator, unlogical, BigHead, lindap, h5663454, pmatos, mayiyang, jerbear29, Frank Puzzles, mcs131313, zakkai
Comments
on 23. September 2026, 00:57 by mcs131313
I obsessed over the force rank and it felt like a 4 star. Then focused on a certain other clue and it took me 10 minutes. Great puzzle
on 27. June 2026, 22:45 by SennyK
Fun puzzle! :-)
