Interlude
(Eingestellt am 12. März 2024, 14:00 Uhr von ThePedallingPianist)
One of my favourite songs as a teenager was Hysteria by Muse, which is preceded on its album by a short track called Interlude, so I'm setting myself up with a perfect potential title for the chaos construction and giving myself a good reason to persist with it!
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Some of the grid is covered in fog. Enter correct digits to clear fog.
Digits in a cage do not repeat and sum to the given total, which always appears in the leftmost cell of the topmost row within the cage. Cages do not overlap.
Lösungscode: Bottom row, left to right
Kommentare
am 27. März 2024, 04:45 Uhr von macintux
I have been playing puzzles here for the last several weeks, but this compelled me to register an account so I could heap praise upon it,
I’m a relatively poor solver, and I get frustrated easily, but this one kept me hooked from beginning to end for a solid hour, to the point where I legitimately had no idea I’d spent that much time on it,
Kudos, and thanks.
am 16. März 2024, 19:52 Uhr von sacklunch
Loved this puzzle! The design is so intricate, with so many beautiful deductions along the way. The location of cage totals in fog puzzles often leads to some really interesting logic. Thanks for setting and sharing!
am 15. März 2024, 02:41 Uhr von SamuPiano
Wow - phenomenal puzzle! And Muse has been my favourite artist since I was introduced to them a bit over a year ago! I can't wait to try the chaos construction! :)
am 14. März 2024, 07:29 Uhr von CcmarvMD
Wow. I absolutely loved this puzzle. My hardest solve to date probably (I'm still rather new), but absolutely beautiful and each successive break-in getting harder was just perfect.
am 13. März 2024, 22:20 Uhr von silent_rob
Thanks so much for the lovely puzzle! Really enjoyed it all the way through.
am 13. März 2024, 17:47 Uhr von One Eyed Man
WOW, needed a killer cage combination reference for this one! Brilliant setting and yes, it was fun!
am 13. März 2024, 13:33 Uhr von Wemerseen
Never felt the urge to comment on here, but I'd like to change that to let you know that I absolutely enjoyed the last break-in. While figuring it out I was constantly thinking "no, this is not wat the setter meant for me to do, this can't be it...". Great setting!
am 12. März 2024, 23:45 Uhr von misha
Nice puzzle. It should be said explicitly that cages must not overlap in the rules.
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TPP: Good point, thanks! Clarification added :)
am 12. März 2024, 22:08 Uhr von Eleder
I came to point out the omission in the rules, happy to see it was fixed in the interim! I spent a long time until I supposed that was a necessary rule in order to break it. But I enjoyed the process just the same!!!
am 12. März 2024, 21:21 Uhr von ThePedallingPianist
Some total chump forgot to put "do not repeat" in the rules... fixed now! Thanks to my dad for pointing it out and to the solvers who correctly assumed that's what I meant!
am 12. März 2024, 20:32 Uhr von Montikulum
Very elegant setting!
am 12. März 2024, 18:51 Uhr von ReiPreguica
I love the flow in this puzzle, though I think it is more towards the higher end of 2-star puzzles in difficulty.
am 12. März 2024, 17:53 Uhr von GeorgeTheToad2
Nice foggy flow. Thank you.
am 12. März 2024, 17:28 Uhr von Abdul the Killer
Really enjoyable, thanks. The final breakout was a bit hairier than expected (though completely obvious when I saw it).
Half my puzzles are named after random songs, so I applaud your titling. I was also into Muse in the early 2000s -- I programmed my crappy Nokia phone's ring tone to play the guitar riff from Plug in Baby.
am 12. März 2024, 16:32 Uhr von Yawnus
What a coda in this piece!
