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⟊ Mid-Loop ⟊

(Published on 24. February 2024, 07:15 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.

Mid Loop: Draw a single 1-cell-wide loop of orthogonally connected cells into the grid that enters no cell more than once. The loop must pass through all dots. All dots must be in the middle of a straight loop segment, i.e., the distance from a dot to the next turn along the loop must be identical in both directions. The loop acts as an Entropic Line. Any group of three consecutive cells along the loop must contain one low digit (1,2,3), one middle digit (4,5,6), and one high digit (7,8,9).

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
Whispering-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Dutch Whispers Zipper Lines
X-clues
Super Bowl
Loop
Oponents,
out-of-bounce
Polarity Line Kropkis, XV,
Nabner, Zipper
Linesweeper
Loop
Linesweeper
clues
Parity Line Little Killers
Modular-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Modular Line Zipper Lines
X-clues
Balance Loop Balance clues Parity Line Little Killers
Entropic-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Entropic Line Zipper Lines
X-clues
Hiking-through-
the-Fog Loop
Signposts Dutch Whisper,
Polarity Line
Kropki Dots
X-clues
Renbanimo Loop Pentominos
Guiding Cells
Renbanimos Kropki Dots
Odd cells
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
Skiing Loop Gates German Whispers Kropki Dot,
Between Lines
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
10-Suȵ Loop Moon-or-Sun 10-Line Killer Cages
Counting Loop Galaxies Counting Line Killer Cages,
Kropki Dots,
Quadruple Clues
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
BigBang Loop Galaxies Parity Line Row/Column Indexer,
Kropki Dots
Summing Loop Star Battle Region Sum Line Killer Cages,
Skyscraper,
Kropki Dots
Whispering Loop Star Battle German Whispers Sandwich Sum



Solution code: Column 8, followed by row 8

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Comments

on 19. June 2024, 18:46 by virus_dave
Oof, i found this one reasonably straightforward to get started, but once most of the loop was done, it got much much harder and remained that way for me basically until the end.

on 10. June 2024, 01:51 by Geb
It took a few unexpected leaps of logic to get going on this one, but once I got the trick this went quite smoothly. Very nice.

on 2. March 2024, 17:38 by yttrio
Fantastic puzzle! The mid-loop rule made for some nice loop deductions, and the interactions between the Kropki dots and entropy were really great!

on 24. February 2024, 12:58 by lmdemasi
That was a lot tougher than I was expecting, but a lovely puzzle.

Difficulty:4
Rating:91 %
Solved:24 times
Observed:7 times
ID:000H2K

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