Minmax Mosaic
(Published on 26. October 2023, 22:02 by sujoyku)
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Minmax killer cages: All cages are minmax killer cages. Digits in a minmax killer cage do not repeat. The clue in the top left indicates the sum of the smallest and the largest digit that are contained in the cage.
Example: A cage containing the digits 1, 3, 6 and 8 would have the minmax killer clue 9=1+8.
- Diagonals: On the main diagonals digits do not repeat.
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 3 from left to right (9 digits in total)
Comments
on 2. November 2023, 13:08 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Thank you for this nice puzzle, dear sujoyku! In the beginning I thought that it was easy, but in the middle I had some trouble to continue. But finally I cracked it! :)
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Thank you for your kind comment, Lenivaya_Joppa! The beginning is meant to be easier (so that the solver can first get into the new rule set), but after that the puzzle becomes tougher. Mark has solved this puzzle in a CTC video and he seemed to have a similar experience than you had. Anyway, I am glad that you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. October 2023, 21:29 by ClarityC
I had so much fun with this! The trickiness was all about figuring out how the new ruleset fit together, but it started clicking and became very fluid to solve. Thank you!
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You are very much welcome, ClarityC, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you had a fun solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. October 2023, 16:37 by Kavvy
wow, what an amazing puzzle. I had a hard time cracking it to begin with but once i understood how everything correlated it was beautiful. Thanks!
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Thank you for your appreciating comment, Kavvy! I am glad that you enjoyed the solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. October 2023, 12:28 by Piatato
Nice puzzle! Some tricky (at least for me this morning) scanning, but the logic is always clean once you find it.
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Thank you for commenting, Piatato! I very much agree with your impression: It really takes some scanning to find the next step at various points of the solve although (most parts of) the logic are not too complex. I am glad that you enjoyed the solve and found the logic to be clean.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. October 2023, 01:41 by CaptZebraCakes
This is a wonderful new ruleset! The puzzle flowed very nicely with some great logic throughout. Thank you for setting sujoyku!
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Thank you for your kind comment, CaptZebraCakes! I am glad that you liked the rule set and the flow of the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
