Schrödinger Cell Sudoko Machine
(Published on 24. November 2021, 04:08 by Ryx)
This puzzle was created for the CTC November, 2021 Puzzle Prompt for the theme: Wacky Inventions
November Memo: To all company spies
You are required to use the newly developed Schröduko (Schrödinger Sudoku) Machine, to decode this month's cipher key (a three-digit number). To calculate the cipher, use the link below and follow these rules:
Using these words:
- estival
- humanly
- syncope
- algorithm
- frivolous
- maverick
- bifurcations
Translate the words using this month's translation table:
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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JS
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BKT
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CL
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DMV
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NW
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FX
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GP
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HQZ
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R
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As you will recall from your Schrödinger Sudoku training:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply
- Vowels (aeiouy) are Schrödinger-esque and can be any number
- Place the consonants, converted to numbers, in the puzzle along the given lines
- Words always start in a circled cell
- Shaded cells are true Schödinger cells and represent two different letters at the same time, one for each word they support
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To calculate the cipher, complete the Sudoku puzzle and sum all the numbers used to make the given words. Schödinger cells, although they represent two different letters, are only counted once. In the example below, the sum would be: 30
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Fun Fact: The grey lines in this month's puzzle represent: Schrödinger, Cracking the Cryptic and of course, Mark and Simon
Solution code: Three digit number that is the sum of all the digits, used to make up the words placed in the puzzle. Cells are only counted once.
Solved by zeecomoon, Coulson, SKORP17, Banana, Robewick, saskia-daniela
Comments
Last changed on 25. November 2021, 03:10on 25. November 2021, 01:05 by Robewick
nice puzzle the hardest part of this for me was the adding up at the end (hangs head in shame)
@Robewick - Thanks for the comments. And no shame there. I came very close to posting the puzzle with the wrong total as the answer. Yes, plain old math can be hard sometimes, when you have not done any in a long time ;-)