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Copycat Mates

(Published on 28. October 2024, 02:33 by Scojo)

Rules:
  • Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
  • Copycat Cells: Place 9 Copycat Cells into the grid so that there is exactly one Copycat Cell in each row, column, and 3x3 box. Each Copycat Cell must contain a different digit. The value of a Copycat Cell is the digit in the cell rotationally opposite itself in the grid (180° rotation about the center of the grid). For example, if r2c3 is a Copycat Cell containing the digit 5, and r8c7 contains the digit 9, the value of r2c3 is the digit in r8c7, which is 9.
  • Dutch Flat Mates: Every cell in the grid with a value of 5 must have a cell with a value of 1 directly above it or a cell with a value of 9 directly below it. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.
  • Dutch Whispers: Adjacent cells along an orange line must have values with a difference of at least 4.
  • XV: Cells separated by an X have values that sum to 10, and cells separated by a V have values that sum to 5. Not all Xs or Vs are necessarily given.

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Puzzles in my Copycat series:
  1. Copycat Copycat: featuring Doublers, Slow Thermos, and Entropic Lines.
  2. Copycat Yin Yang: featuring Yin Yang and Killer Cages.
  3. Copycat Collaboration: featuring Zipper Lines and Odd Lots. (Collab with several other setters)
  4. Copycat Blues: featuring Region Sum Lines and Same Difference Lines. (Collab with Marty Sears)
  5. Copycat Choco Banana: featuring Choco Banana and Arrows.
  6. Copycat Cipher: featuring Ciphered Digits, X-Sums, and Killer Cages.
  7. Copycat Kropki: featuring Kropki Dots.
  8. Copycat Mates: featuring Dutch Flat Mates, Dutch Whispers, and XV.

Solution code: The VALUES of every cell in row 5, from left to right


Solved by gdc, Elliott810, Piff, marcmees, palpot, SKORP17, karlmortenlunna, Sotehr, Klvsched, ViKingPrime, roflsalot, bansalsaab, Flinty, sinamon, Clara123
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Comments

on 30. October 2024, 19:33 by Flinty
Thank you so much for this, lots of happy 5s. Very grateful for the chat assistance in solving this gem.

on 28. October 2024, 13:35 by marcmees
very nice with deceiving entry.thanks

on 28. October 2024, 11:07 by Elliott810
Brilliant (and pretty hard) puzzle! Thanks:)

Difficulty:4
Rating:90 %
Solved:15 times
Observed:4 times
ID:000KH4

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