Excommunicado
(Published on 24. August 2022, 03:00 by XeonRisq)
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Killer Cages : Numbers cannot repeat in a cage and must sum to the given total in the top left corner.
- Anti-Ratio : Orthogonally adjacent cells cannot contain digits in a 2:1 ratio.
- F-puzzles link - link to solve online
- CtC link - link to solve online
Solution code: Row 7 followed by Column 8
Comments
on 25. March 2023, 20:25 by Paquet Voleur
From the comments I went thinking that the break-in was the hard part of this puzzle. It turned out that what took me the longest is to read, understand and remember the ruleset. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Once I figured that part out, and since the break-in was already identified by then, everything rolled quite quickly. Thanks for this fun puzzle.
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It should be fairly telegraphed where to look to get going in this one, but you do have to give a bit of thought on how things work once your focus is there. Thanks for the detailed feedback, and glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
on 1. September 2022, 22:29 by Orpheus
This was great fun. I am sad to admit that the break-in eluded me for far longer than it should have. Thanks for sharing!!
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Thanks for giving the puzzle a spin. And don't be sad about the break-in elusiveness, it's at least a bit tricky to see depending on the approach taken. Glad you had fun, and appreciate the feedback.
on 25. August 2022, 19:51 by Snookerfan
Very nice break-in! Thank you for the fun puzzle
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Appreciate the solve and kind words, glad you enjoyed the puzzle!
on 25. August 2022, 06:02 by 10feet
Fun break-in. Thanks!
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Thanks, I thought it made for an interesting concept for a puzzle. Thanks for giving the puzzle a go and the feedback.
on 24. August 2022, 22:52 by DaniK
Cool and fun puzzle!
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Glad you enjoyed it.
on 24. August 2022, 03:55 by kjholt
For some reason although when I open the CtC link the puzzle opens as normal in the browser, when I try to save and open it in the actual SudokuPad app, the cages are missing. Anybody have a fix? I can just outline them myself but very weird.
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I can't replicate your issue, but I can make you a new link with cosmetic cages instead of normal ones, see if this works:
https://tinyurl.com/bdsywb33
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That worked but the original also suddenly had cages when I reopened the app this morning! So it must have just needed to be restarted for whatever reason. Thanks!
