Clone Pairs
(Published on 20. August 2022, 01:12 by thoughtbyte)
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Additionally:
Clones: grey rectangles of the same orientation are clones.
XV pairs: cells separated by an X sum to 10; cells separated by a V sum to 5. Not all Xs and Vs are necessarily given.
Kropki pairs: cells separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio; cells separated by a white dot are consecutive. Not all dots are necessarily given.
F-Puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2htcy2ls
CTC: https://tinyurl.com/clonepairsgas
Solution code: Row 1, row 9. 18 digits, no spaces.
Comments
on 18. October 2023, 00:52 by anyeyeball
Very nice puzzle and a smooth solve. Thanks.
on 5. March 2023, 22:06 by DanSkorne
Got stuck pretty quickly but once I saw the clarification here that they're all exact copies, rather than could rotate or just have the same digits in them I blitzed through it. Very enjoyable :)
on 26. August 2022, 17:58 by tehbertl
Note to solvers: in case of doubt about the clones, the top left and bottom right are one pair of clones, the bottom left and top right are the second pair of clones.
Lovely solution that involved a lot of pencilling in possibilities and then eliminating options step by step (for me, anyways). Lots of jumping around from one box to the next to find the next clue. Never very difficult, but it worked out wonderfully. Box 5 turned out to be way more helpful than I had suspected!
on 21. August 2022, 10:40 by asp1310
Can the clones be rotated and/or reflected? Because I seem to keep hitting dead ends when they’re not...
- @asp1310, no the clones are exact clones, same digits in same positions.
on 21. August 2022, 03:00 by kimchi25
Thanks for this puzzle! I liked the concept of clones, and how it made the puzzle flow nicely.
on 21. August 2022, 02:47 by Something Wellesian
Really enjoyed this. Made a bad error in interpreting the rules and had to start over, but got it done in about half an hour.
on 20. August 2022, 01:44 by Perladel
I was waiting for my wrong interpretation of the ruleset, but in the end it was correct. Great idea with the rectangles!
