Parity Party XVIII, "Clones"
(Published on 11. April 2021, 06:00 by glum_hippo)
It's been exactly a year since I posted my first puzzle here, a Parity Party puzzle. Today I present my sixty-first puzzle, and with that the 18th Parity Party puzzle. Thanks to all that have tried out my puzzles!
Standard Irregular Sudoku rules are in effect, i.e., no repeated digits in any row, column, or thick-bordered region.
The grey stripes are clones. They contain the same set of digits in the same order and orientation (no rotation or reflection permitted).
The inequality signs are to be respected.
Special rules of Parity Party: A number at the edge of the grid indicates the sum of cells encountered when moving through the grid from that vantage point, UP TO AND INCLUDING the first odd or first even digit. For example, a 15 at the bottom of a column could indicate something like 7-8, 8-7, 1-3-5-6 or 2-6-4-3 (among others) when reading up that column... but not 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-6-3-4 etc. That is, the parity of the farthest digit must deviate from that of the others.
Note: If the clue is less than 10, it might simply indicate the value of the first cell. That is to say, you could be adding up zero odd and one even number, or vice versa.
Solution code: The 8th row, followed by the 3rd column (18 digits total).
Comments
on 17. May 2022, 18:05 by LittleBallOfPurr
Very pretty puzzle, my brain hamsters enjoyed it a lot. Really enjoyed how it suddenly cascaded through the solve. Many thanks <3
on 17. May 2022, 14:16 by glum_hippo
CtC Link
on 19. April 2021, 14:26 by PixelPlucker
I thought this was a particularly fun instalment. :)
on 11. April 2021, 18:04 by MagnusJosefsson
Great combination, so much interaction between the different types of clues. And thank you for many nice puzzles this last year!
on 11. April 2021, 16:48 by Jesper
Happy anniversary! That was a fun puzzle, and it was quite a challenge to keep track of all aspects at the same time.
