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Di-agony!

(Published on 24. November 2022, 17:07 by ThePedallingPianist)

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Please remember to leave a rating! It is difficult, so I've left 5 hints that can be revealed at the bottom of this page!

- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Disjoint groups rules apply; i.e. digits must appear in each position within a box exactly once.
- Antiknight rules apply; i.e. cells a knight's move apart (in chess) cannot contain the same digit.
- Negative diagonal rules apply; i.e. digits cannot repeat along the negative diagonal shown.
- Arrow rules apply; i.e. digits along an arrow must add up to the number in the attached circle.



Hint #1 (Highlight text to reveal):

Think about set theory! Can you find 18 seemingly unrelated cells that must be 2 sets of 1-9 and therefore sum to 90? It's useful to highlight them!

Hint #2 (Highlight text to reveal):

What happens if you put anything less than 9 in r6c3? And then anything less than 8 and 9 in r1c7 and r4c7?

Hint #3 (Highlight text to reveal):

You must put 2 of every digit in your highlighted region, and some digits don't have many potential homes, so think about how to distribute them.

Hint #4 (Highlight text to reveal):

My absolute favourite part of the puzzle... Really think about the options for r6c6 and r7c7!

Hint #5 (Highlight text to reveal):

No more particularly difficult party tricks, just keep scanning and remembering all the restrictions in the rules and you'll get there!

Good luck!

Solution code: Top row, left to right

Last changed on on 8. December 2022, 21:15

Solved by StefanSch, SKORP17, eddy, Megalobrainiac, OutOfMyMindBRB, Elliott810, jalebc, Bjd, Chelo, Entropywins, starwarigami, amarins, Qodec, faisalaak, Dentones, AvonD, Netra, OhHeyGuysItsMax, SSG, madhupt, ... Uhu, halakani, dawntreader, Iluvsodah, tinounou, samjna0049, PippoForte, Vim, Krisonium, Puzzle Weasel, noodlehead, Stevoid31, rich_27, karlmortenlunna, luuu, Desemus, annnz, SXH, finger, isajo4002
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Comments

Last changed on 1. December 2022, 10:02

on 30. November 2022, 23:37 by LordBidoof
This is the best puzzle Ive ever solved
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Thank you! Very high praise coming from one of my favourite normal-type Pokemon!! :D

on 30. November 2022, 02:05 by ThePedallingPianist
Added a link to Simon's solve!

on 28. November 2022, 06:33 by faisalaak
Brillient

Last changed on 30. November 2022, 02:03

on 27. November 2022, 00:51 by starwarigami
Wow! This deservedly gets a CtC recommendation!
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Thank you so much - it was such a thrill to see Simon solve this! :D

on 25. November 2022, 03:26 by Elliott810
Brilliant construction! Thanks:)

Difficulty:5
Rating:97 %
Solved:61 times
Observed:7 times
ID:000C47

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