Excalibur, Super-Indexed
(Published on 27. November 2022, 05:26 by Will Power)
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Numbers on thermometers increase from the bulb end. Numbers with an X between them sum to 10. Not all possible X are given. ALL numbers on the grid are super-indexed with two other numbers on the grid. Indexing is found by changing the row to the number, the column to the row and the and the number to the column. Example, if a 4 is in r7c8, then a 7 is in r8c4 AND an 8 is in r4c7. 3-star difficulty without hint.
2 star difficulty with HINT: In any completely super-indexed puzzle, within each 3x3 box, the (1,2 and 3) occupy different rows and columns. The same is true for (4, 5, and 6) and also for (7, 8 and 9).
Solution code: Row 9 and column 9.
Solved by wjdrumm, jalebc, bergelfe, 1277885105, Raistlen, Chelo, SKORP17, -Tsigje-, obi, sasheo, Banana, AvonD, djorr, uniquicity, Baklin, Oggo, zorant, chain.reader, Snaques, agueybana, BlackApolloX, zrbakhtiar, flaemmchen, Martini&Toto, tobymgk, MarthaB, Tolja, Dermerlin, dlandrum17, Saskia, Montikulum, Felis_Timon, PippoForte, martin1456, KatiBru, metacom, Kekes, skywalker, duckling, naggy
Comments
on 23. January 2023, 21:18 by MarthaB
Very clever. Enjoyed solving.
on 28. November 2022, 20:00 by djorr
Luckily sudoku helped out a lot! I really enjoyed the break-in. :)
on 27. November 2022, 15:35 by Chelo
It was quite confusing to me at the start, but after taking confidence with the super-indexing it flows very nicely. Thank you @Will for this setting!..
