That puzzle uses the same rule set as my last puzzle. I assess its difficulty level to be slightly harder at a solid four stars.
RULES
Chaos Construction: Divide the grid into nine orthogonally connected 9-cell large non-overlapping regions. Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and region. The region border already placed in the grid must be respected.
Second Region X-Sums: Clues outside the grid indicate that the second region segment seen from that side contains X digits where X is the first digit seen from that side. The clue itself is equal to the sum of the digits in the second region segment.
Question Mark: A question mark ‘?’ represents an unknown positive number.
This is a 6x6 example to help illustrate the rules.
For instance, the 15 clue in row 3 indicates that X is the first digit seen in that row from that side (X = 4) and that the second region segment contains X digits that add to a value equal to the given clue (3 + 5 + 1 + 6 = 15).
I appreciate solves, comments, and suggestions
Solve the puzzle at Penpa+ with answer check. To trigger the answer check you must fill all the digits and delineate the region borders using green edges. Don't forget to place a green edge on top of the bold edge already in the grid (column 2) or the answer check won't trigger.
Solution code: Column 3 (top to bottom) using dashes ‘-’ for region borders. It should be something like 123-4-567-89.
on 22. January 2023, 15:34 by Elliptical
Changed the difficulty to five stars based on feed back from solvers.
on 22. January 2023, 03:48 by madhupt
Really fiendish in terms of difficulty. But a wonderful puzzle. Thanks a lot for sharing.
on 20. January 2023, 21:59 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle! A really interesting and enjoyable ruleset, and the puzzle was challenging but fairly smooth. Well set!
on 19. January 2023, 18:58 by henrypijames
Really tough one, squarely 5 difficulty for me.
Difficulty: | |
Rating: | 94 % |
Solved: | 14 times |
Observed: | 7 times |
ID: | 000CNR |