This puzzle was inspired by Fillomenon by Darth Paradox (longest sudoku solve on CtC). I have no desire or expectation to break any records, but I think this is quite hard.
Fog of war: The grid is covered with fog. Place correct digits to see adjacent squares.
Deconstruction Sudoku: Draw nine 3x3 boxes within the grid and place the digits 1-9 once into each box. Digits within boxes (the Sudoku digits) must not repeat in any row or column of the grid.
Fillomino: Divide the remaining cells (outside of the nine boxes) into orthogonally contiguous regions and fill them according to Fillomino rule: every cell contains the size of its region. Every digit 1-9 is used in at most one fillomino region, and no region is larger than 9. Additionally, a Fillomino digit must not be orthogonally adjacent to an identical Sudoku digit.
Skyscrapers: Consider each digit in the grid as a building of that height. Clues outside the grid give the number of buildings that can be seen from that direction, with larger buildings hiding smaller ones.
Arrows: The digits along each arrow must sum to the digit in the circled cell. Digits may repeat along an arrow if permitted by other rules.
Black dots: Cells separated by a black dot contain digits in a 2:1 ratio.
Solution code: Bottom Row (11 digits)
on 4. February 2024, 19:30 by madhupt
This was really hard for me. A fantastic puzzle that just did not give up till the very last second. A fit puzzle for featuring on CtC. But the progress is so slow with each and every deduction and consequent small step forward so so hard-earned. Fantastic!
on 2. February 2024, 03:01 by wenchang
It is more than 5 stars in difficulty for me. Others are much better