Poet himself
(Eingestellt am 3. Mai 2024, 18:53 Uhr von Jrosas)
The poet himself wrote “The Raven”: “Quoth the raven ‘nevermore’”. In this puzzle the rule is “Never 4": Place digits 0,1,2,3,5,6,7,8 and 9 in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
The poet himself wrote stories of killers who caged their victims behind a brick wall, under a floor, and between a pit and pendulum. In this puzzle ordinary killer cage rules apply.
The poet himself wrote “The Black Cat.” In this puzzle black cats separate digits in a 1:2 ratio. All black cats are given.
The Poet himself wrote “the Cask of Amontillado.” In that story the narrator laid bricks to wall in his victim and, at midnight,“there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in.” “Poet himself” is an anagram of Phistomefel, lord of the sudoku ring. Following the rules of this puzzle listed above should leave a single cell to be fitted and filled in on the Phistomefel ring. To solve this puzzle, fill that cell with its highest remaining candidate.
For any puzzlers unfamiliar with the “Phistomefel ring,” it is the 16 digits that are adjacent to and outside the center 3x3 box of cells in the grid.
Link to Sven Neumann’s Sudokupad
Lösungscode: Column 3 top to bottom
Kommentare
am 23. Oktober 2024, 19:35 Uhr von Jrosas
Link
am 23. Oktober 2024, 19:16 Uhr von Jrosas
Changed dots to cats and simplified solution
am 14. September 2024, 22:52 Uhr von geekpuzzles
This puzzle was beautiful to unfold, and take it from me: you can get quite far before you even remember the negative constraint!
am 14. Juli 2024, 18:07 Uhr von Jrosas
My solution video
https://youtu.be/oLl_9dRN4b0?si=aSMITCZQJMrqgd8s
am 29. Mai 2024, 16:39 Uhr von Jrosas
New link with solution
am 13. Mai 2024, 15:24 Uhr von Jrosas
I changed the explanation of the last rule to delay the solve until only 6 cells remain
am 4. Mai 2024, 15:39 Uhr von Fisherman
POE prominently written in the middle of the grid. A loving tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. He was also logician and didn't shy away from debunking fallacies including the fake chess playing machine The Turk. May he rest in peace, which he never enjoyed in this life.
Thanks for the comment. You may enjoy the puzzle I thought of while setting this one: “Never 4.”
am 4. Mai 2024, 05:31 Uhr von fajoogaloo
Took all my willpower to stop myself from putting 4's in the grid. Fun puzzle :)
am 3. Mai 2024, 21:13 Uhr von hardline35
Excellent puzzle! Read the instructions VERY carefully to solve the puzzle
