Killer Cage Catastrophe 2
(Published on 31. October 2024, 14:28 by Manta-Ray)
Not again! I’ve dropped the cages, and their totals have been mixed up! Can you help me sort them? I think some of the totals have fallen through the floor gratings so I have no idea what they sum to…
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in a cage do not repeat, and sum to the total given in the top-left corner of a different cage. The location of the ‘true’ total is determined by combining the digit in the cell containing the ‘fake’ total (which represents the row of the ‘true’ total) and the digit in the adjacent cell within the cage (which represents the column of the ‘true’ total). Arrows in the grid indicate which adjacent cell should be used if multiple are available.
For example, if R3C6 was 1 and R3C7 was 2, then the digits in the cage starting in R3C6 would sum to the cage total in R1C2.
A ‘?’ represents any value. All cage totals are unique.
A cell containing a grey square must be even.
Solve on SudokuPad
Solution code: Row 6 (read left to right), followed by the value of the second smallest cage sum in the puzzle (without a separating space)
Comments
on 1. November 2024, 16:47 by Elliott810
Brilliant construction! Thanks:)
