What, Me Worry?
(Published on 15. September 2024, 21:46 by Gnubeutel)
This is supposed to be Mad Magazine's mascot Alfred E. Neuman, even though it looks like a 1940s car salesman. Just roll with it.
Disambiguation Dept.:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Extra Regions: cells shaded gray form extra regions containing the digits 1-9 once each.
Thermometer: digits on a thick, gray line increase from bulb to tip.
Parity lines: adjacent digits on an oddly shaped dark red line have different odd/even parity.
Quadruples: digits in a circle on a grid intersection have to appear at least once in the four surrounding cells.
Killer Cages: digits in cages may not repeat and sum to the total in the top left corner.
Kropki Dots: cells separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio. Not all possible dots are given.
Stupid clue: The orange letters correspond to digits in a way that even Kaputnik can figure out.
Flesh colored lines are just cosmetic, because it's really hard to make the face look remotely right.
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Solution code: Digits in the first column from top to bottom.
Comments
on 19. September 2024, 17:54 by Gnubeutel
@asp1310, @Karitsu and everyone else saying they have problems with the M:
Look at the other letters and see if you can find a pattern. It's not logic, it's just mapping letters to numbers following a very simple rule.
on 18. September 2024, 17:49 by maiaz
me mad
on 17. September 2024, 02:08 by Karitsu
asp1310, same. I'm sitting here with 6 digits left and only the M to resolve and I'm like - what do I do?!
Kaputnik (whoever that is): 1
Me: 0
on 16. September 2024, 21:21 by chain.reader
The 'Stupid Clue' was just evil...
also stupidly easy, sure, but... ugh
on 16. September 2024, 17:39 by asp1310
"Stupid clue: The orange letters correspond to digits in a way that even Kaputnik can figure out." - Is this a reference to something we could only work out from knowing the magazine, or is it hidden information which is purely logical?
on 16. September 2024, 10:51 by GorgeousNicko
I AM KAPUTNIK!
on 16. September 2024, 01:05 by Elytron
On stream you said that this puzzle unbelievably easy. So I went into it with this mindset and was surprised to find myself having to look hard to find the next step. It's definitely not a hard puzzle, but it is one I could enjoy figuring out! :)
