Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

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Normal Sudoku rules apply: Fill the grid with digits 1 to 9 appearing once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.

Shading: Shade some cells in the grid such that in each row, column, and 3x3 box exactly 2 cells are shaded. Shaded cells cannot touch each other, not even diagonally.

Whispering Loop: Draw a single 1-cell-wide loop of orthogonally connected cells through some of the unshaded cells such that each 3x3 box is visited at least once. The loop cannot touch itself orthogonally but may touch diagonally. Digits in adjacent cells along the loop must differ by at least 4. Thus, the loop is a Dutch Whispers line.

Outside clues: The clues given outside of the grid fulfill the following roles:

• they indicate how many unshaded cells are in between the two shaded cells of that respective column or row.
• they give the total number of loop cells in that respective column or row.
• they act as Skyscraper clues. Numbers in the grid represent the heights of skyscrapers, and clues on the outside of the grid indicate the number of skyscrapers visible in that row or column, looking from that direction. Larger skyscrapers obscure smaller skyscrapers from vision.

Kropki dots: 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
Yin-Yang-Loop	Yin Yang	Region-Sum-Line	Korpki Dots
Entropic-Sequence- Loop	Circles	Modular Line	Thermometer
Find-the- Whispering-Loop	Arrows	German Whispers	-
Country-Road- Loop	Country Road	Parity Line	Irregular Sudoku
Modular-Sequence- Loop	Circles	Modular Line	Thermometer
Summing-Zipper- Loop	Counting Cells	Region Sum Line	Zipper Lines
Mid-Loop	Mid-Loop logic	Entropic Line	Kropki Dots
Whispering-Zipper- Loop	Counting Cells	Dutch Whispers	Zipper Lines
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
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