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Fallian albino marsh worms

(Published on 4. January 2021, 00:34 by Jon Allan)

This puzzle was created for the Cracking The Cryptic Discord fan server's monthly "Puzzle Prompt" for Jan 2021, "broken puzzles".

Preamble:

Oh, bobbins! After checking the correctness, while removing written digits and pencil marks, the two Fallian albino marsh worms I was using slid off the puzzle and have hence broken the answer to life, the universe and everything!

I can't recall their placement, but I do recall that 42 appeared exactly twice, and the regions summing to 42 are still written in, so you'll most likely be fine as long as you don't smoke the worms; and, of course, remember - Don't Panic!

Rules:
  • Normal sudoku rules apply.
  • Digits along connected lines sum to 42, repeated digits are allowed.
  • The number 42 appears exactly twice (i.e. a two is the right-hand neighbour of a four in exactly two rows).
  • There are two orthogonally connected worms which don't touch themselves or each other orthogonally. The worms start at each of the givens:
    a) 4 : 6 2 4 9 1 9 5 8 2 3 5 1
    b) 2 : 6 2 1 6 5 3 8 1 2 7 5 1 5 2 4 7


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Solution code: Columns 8 and 9


Solved by brandon_bot, CJK, saskia-daniela, marcmees, Ours brun, sandmoppe, euklid, Dibi, rimodech, geronimo92, Krokant, Mark Sweep, starelev5, zrbakhtiar
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Comments

on 2. March 2021, 02:38 by Jon Allan
Thanks Krokant, glad it was fun!

on 1. March 2021, 13:03 by Krokant
They say the best thing you can do is to stay away from the marsh worms, but I'm glad I didn't listen (this time). I had a blast solving this (even without smoking). Very nice, especially for a broken puzzle. :)

on 4. January 2021, 18:58 by Jon Allan
Thanks @brandon_bot I hope you enjoyed the solve.

on 4. January 2021, 01:05 by brandon_bot
What a creative puzzle :)

Difficulty:2
Rating:80 %
Solved:14 times
Observed:7 times
ID:000534

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