⚠ Deceiving Loop ⚠
(Published on 23. December 2023, 07:12 by ElChiglia)
---- RULES ----
Normal Sudoku rules apply: Fill the grid with digits 1 to 9 appearing once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
Wrogn Loop: Draw a single 1-cell-wide loop of orthogonally connected cells into the grid. The loop cannot touch itself orthogonally but may touch diagonally. All clues along the loop are wrogn. A clue is wrogn if it is not 100% fulfilled. The loop must furthermore pass through all cells belonging to a wrogn clue.
Box 1 - Little killer clues: Clues outside the grid give the sum of all digits along the indicated diagonal.
Box 2 - Thermometers: Digits increase along a thermometer starting from the bulb end.
Box 3 - Killer Cages: Digits in a dotted cage sum to the small number given.
Box 4 - Min/Max Cells: Cells with arrows pointing inwards (outwards) must contain digits smaller (greater) than all orthogonal cells. (Note: the loop must only pass through the Min/Max cell, not through all adjacent cells, to mark it as wrogn)
Box 5 - V-clues: Cells connected by a V-clue add up to 5.
Box 6 - Nabner Lines: Digits along golden lines cannot be consecutive, regardless of their order along the line.
Box 7 - Dutch Whispers: Adjacent digits along red lines must differ by at least 4.
Box 8 - Even/Odd: Digits in gray squares are even, while digits in gray circles must be odd.
Box 9 - Kropki Dots: Cells connected by a white dot contain consecutive digits. Digits in cells connected by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
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This Sudoku is part of my series of "build-your-own-loop Sudokus". If you liked solving this puzzle or if you prefer other combinations of loop logic and constraints, feel free to give the other sudokus of the series a go too:
| Loop Logic | Loop Constraint | Further Constraints | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entropic-Zipper- Loop |
Counting Cells | Entropic Line | Zipper Lines X-clues |
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| Hiking-through- the-Fog Loop |
Signposts | Dutch Whisper, Polarity Line |
Kropki Dots X-clues |
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| Renbanimo Loop | Pentominos Guiding Cells |
Renbanimos | Kropki Dots Odd cells |
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| Deceiving Loop | Wrogn Clues | Wrogn Clues | 9 different constraints |
|
| Count-the- Whispers Loop |
Counting Cells | German Whispers | Kropki Dot | |
| Whisper-me- Sum-thing Loop |
Line-sums | German Whispers | Kropki Dots | |
| Road Running Loop |
Road Runner | Parity Line | Kropki Dots | |
| Magically Modifying Loop |
- | Incrementers, Decrementers, Nullifiers |
Magic Squares, Killer cages, Kropki Dots |
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| Skiing Loop | Gates | German Whispers | Kropki Dot, Between Lines |
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| Behaving Loop | 3x3 boxes | Polarity Line | Kropki Dots | |
| Magical Loop | Guiding cells | Modular Line | Magic Squares | |
| Foggy Loop | Guiding cells | Parity Line | Fog of War, Killer Cages |
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| 10-Suȵ Loop | Moon-or-Sun | 10-Line | Killer Cages | |
| Counting Loop | Galaxies | Counting Line | Killer Cages, Kropki Dots, Quadruple Clues |
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| Shining Loop | Moon-or-Sun | Parity Line | Killer Cages | |
| Interfering Loops | Slitherlink + Masyu |
Entropic Line + Parity Line |
Killer Cages | |
| Slithering Loop | Slitherlink | Entropic Line | Killer Cages, Little Killer |
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| BigBang Loop | Galaxies | Parity Line | Row/Column Indexer, Kropki Dots |
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| Summing Loop | Star Battle | Region Sum Line | Killer Cages, Skyscraper, Kropki Dots |
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| Whispering Loop | Star Battle | German Whispers | Sandwich Sum |
Solution code: Column 8, followed by row 8
Comments
on 19. April 2024, 16:52 by virus_dave
Very lovely puzzle! Once I funny understood the line rules with respect to the other clues, suddenly everything started to click.
on 18. April 2024, 11:51 by vfig
really enjoyed this, thanks!
on 18. February 2024, 02:09 by Mitsunari
Very easy and smooth to start but the end is harder
on 29. January 2024, 10:59 by grrz
Nice idea!
It was quite hard for me to finish the puzzle after I found the line and what's left is an almost plain sudoku
on 27. December 2023, 18:58 by samuel1997
Really impressive! I'm surprised that literally EVERY clue has it own job to do! Awesome!
on 24. December 2023, 13:23 by ElChiglia
Thank you all for the kind feedback, highly appreciated!
on 24. December 2023, 10:44 by SimiC
Amazing puzzle! Everything works together so well
I haven't played sudoku in about a year and this is an amazing puzzle to ease back into the game, great job
on 24. December 2023, 06:15 by ryanprobably
Really cool puzzle! Thanks!
on 24. December 2023, 04:20 by thrutch
That was great! ElChiglia is now added to my mental list of setters whose puzzles I will look out for.
on 23. December 2023, 15:34 by yttrio
Fun puzzle! A lot of cool wrogn deductions in this one, and definitely not as difficult as it may first look.
on 23. December 2023, 14:00 by ElChiglia
@Big Tiger: it's not easy to reply to your comment without including spoilers, but did you manage to obtain already some information about the loop?
on 23. December 2023, 11:12 by Big Tiger
Well, I'm stumped. Can't even get the first digit. Definitely harder than 2 stars for me.
