Interlude
(Published on 12. March 2024, 14:00 by ThePedallingPianist)
One of my favourite songs as a teenager was Hysteria by Muse, which is preceded on its album by a short track called Interlude, so I'm setting myself up with a perfect potential title for the chaos construction and giving myself a good reason to persist with it!
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Some of the grid is covered in fog. Enter correct digits to clear fog.
Digits in a cage do not repeat and sum to the given total, which always appears in the leftmost cell of the topmost row within the cage. Cages do not overlap.
Solution code: Bottom row, left to right
Comments
on 27. March 2024, 04:45 by macintux
I have been playing puzzles here for the last several weeks, but this compelled me to register an account so I could heap praise upon it,
I’m a relatively poor solver, and I get frustrated easily, but this one kept me hooked from beginning to end for a solid hour, to the point where I legitimately had no idea I’d spent that much time on it,
Kudos, and thanks.
on 16. March 2024, 19:52 by sacklunch
Loved this puzzle! The design is so intricate, with so many beautiful deductions along the way. The location of cage totals in fog puzzles often leads to some really interesting logic. Thanks for setting and sharing!
on 15. March 2024, 02:41 by SamuPiano
Wow - phenomenal puzzle! And Muse has been my favourite artist since I was introduced to them a bit over a year ago! I can't wait to try the chaos construction! :)
on 14. March 2024, 07:29 by CcmarvMD
Wow. I absolutely loved this puzzle. My hardest solve to date probably (I'm still rather new), but absolutely beautiful and each successive break-in getting harder was just perfect.
on 13. March 2024, 22:20 by silent_rob
Thanks so much for the lovely puzzle! Really enjoyed it all the way through.
on 13. March 2024, 17:47 by One Eyed Man
WOW, needed a killer cage combination reference for this one! Brilliant setting and yes, it was fun!
on 13. March 2024, 13:33 by Wemerseen
Never felt the urge to comment on here, but I'd like to change that to let you know that I absolutely enjoyed the last break-in. While figuring it out I was constantly thinking "no, this is not wat the setter meant for me to do, this can't be it...". Great setting!
on 12. March 2024, 23:45 by misha
Nice puzzle. It should be said explicitly that cages must not overlap in the rules.
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TPP: Good point, thanks! Clarification added :)
on 12. March 2024, 22:08 by Eleder
I came to point out the omission in the rules, happy to see it was fixed in the interim! I spent a long time until I supposed that was a necessary rule in order to break it. But I enjoyed the process just the same!!!
on 12. March 2024, 21:21 by ThePedallingPianist
Some total chump forgot to put "do not repeat" in the rules... fixed now! Thanks to my dad for pointing it out and to the solvers who correctly assumed that's what I meant!
on 12. March 2024, 20:32 by Montikulum
Very elegant setting!
on 12. March 2024, 18:51 by ReiPreguica
I love the flow in this puzzle, though I think it is more towards the higher end of 2-star puzzles in difficulty.
on 12. March 2024, 17:53 by GeorgeTheToad2
Nice foggy flow. Thank you.
on 12. March 2024, 17:28 by Abdul the Killer
Really enjoyable, thanks. The final breakout was a bit hairier than expected (though completely obvious when I saw it).
Half my puzzles are named after random songs, so I applaud your titling. I was also into Muse in the early 2000s -- I programmed my crappy Nokia phone's ring tone to play the guitar riff from Plug in Baby.
on 12. March 2024, 16:32 by Yawnus
What a coda in this piece!
