The Evil Ennead
(Published on 4. February 2025, 21:53 by heliopolix )
This is my take on a "mean-mini" style puzzle, but on a full 9x9 sudoku grid. I hope you enjoy it!
Rules:
- Massive Mean Mini: Take a set of 9 digits from 0 through 15, and place them in the grid so that each digit appears exactly once in each row, column, and 3x3 box. The letters A-F can be used to represent the digits 10-15.
- Clues in the puzzle are ciphered with hieroglyphs. Each hieroglyph represents a different digit from 0 through 15. A cell with a hieroglyph contains that digit. A two-digit clue has a value equal to SIXTEEN times the leading digit plus the trailing digit. The leading digit in a two-digit clue may not be 0.
- X-Sums: A number outside the grid in BLACK gives the sum of the first X digits in that row or column, where X is the digit in the cell closest to the given clue. X may not be 0 nor larger than 9.
- N-Sums: A number outside the grid in RED gives the sum of the first N digits in that row or column, for some value of N from 1-9. Different clues may have different values of N.
- Cells at the bottom of the grid have been provided for tracking purposes.
Streamers have permission to use this puzzle.
Play in SudokuPad (hieroglyphs)
Play in SudokuPad (accessible version with letters)
Solution code: Enter digits in tracking cells below the grid: the top row left-to-right, followed by the bottom row left-to-right. Use the letters A-F for the digits 10-15.
Comments
on 7. February 2025, 02:40 by askaksaksask
Hahaha this was so fun. What setting! Kind of mad to think, "what complements my hieroglyphics here? Why, passing to a radix of 16, of course!" I really enjoyed this! Some great interactions among the clues, great brain-stretching fare. Evil indeed! Thank you!
on 5. February 2025, 10:59 by Chilly
That was super fun - lots of maths and some very interesting combinations.
on 4. February 2025, 22:12 by ViKingPrime
Math *IS* hard... and it's harder when you're not told which digits are which! That said, this is another herculean feat of setting. Incredibly innovative, thematic, challenging - everything you might be looking for from a heliopolix puzzle.
on 4. February 2025, 22:03 by MattYDdraig
This was a lot of fun and constantly kept switching which number base my brain was thinking in throughout. (Typical to whichever one didn't currently need to be applied!)
on 4. February 2025, 22:00 by roflsalot
math is hard
