Jungle Japes [Indexing Killer Sudoku]
(Published on 30. November 2023, 23:00 by wisty)
• Normal sudoku rules apply.
• Squares contain even digits. The circle contains an odd digit.
• Black cages are killer cages.*
• Shaded cages are hunter cages.**
• A, B, and C each represent a consistent digit from 1-9, and may or may not be different from each other.
* In killer cages, digits do not repeat and sum to the number in the top left.
** Let a digit N placed in position P within a box index the cell that is position P in box N (counting boxes left to right, top to bottom). In hunter cages, the digits in cells indexed this way are listed in the top left.
Hunter cages are an indexing variant first developed by Bremster (Happy Birthday Brem!) and showcased in his puzzle Bounty. They have since been popularized as "psycho look-and-say" cages with clues written as look-and-say numbers. For those unfamiliar with this type of indexing, the LMD page for Bounty has a solvable 4x4 example.
Solution code: row 4 followed by column 6
Comments
on 14. March 2024, 17:06 by mormagli
I understand, but only in the abstract, how you set puzzles like this. Amazing.
on 13. December 2023, 01:20 by marsh
Another challenging yet great wisty puzzle. I admire anybody who solves her puzzles in less than 5 hours
on 5. December 2023, 19:48 by wisty
reworded rules and updated solve links
on 2. December 2023, 07:16 by Playmaker6174
Very cool use of the indexing theme along with lots of surprising interactions in here! :)
on 2. December 2023, 06:05 by Elliott810
Brilliant construction! Thanks:)
on 1. December 2023, 22:21 by dumediat
Yet another incredible creation from wisty, thank you so much!
on 1. December 2023, 00:54 by Myxo
Beautiful! This puzzle made me hate indexing a bit less :)
on 30. November 2023, 23:24 by Bellsita
Brilliant puzzle! One of the best indexing puzzles!
