Copycat Blues
(Published on 20. July 2024, 06:28 by Scojo)
This puzzle was co-set with the brilliant Marty Sears for the CTC Discord's July 2024 monthly puzzle prompt of "Rallies."
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- Copycat Cells: Place 9 Copycat Cells into the grid so that there is exactly one Copycat Cell in each row, column, and 3x3 box. Each Copycat Cell must contain a different digit. The value of a Copycat Cell is the digit in the cell rotationally opposite itself in the grid (180° rotation about the center of the grid). For example, if r2c3 is a Copycat Cell containing the digit 5, and r8c7 contains the digit 9, the value of r2c3 is the digit in r8c7, which is 9.
- Region Sum Lines: Box borders divide darker blue lines into segments. The values of the cells on each segment of a line must sum to the same total. This total must be determined for each darker blue line.
- Same Difference Lines: The values of adjacent digits on a turquoise line always have the same difference. This difference must be determined for each turquoise line.
Solve in SudokuPad
Puzzles in my Copycat series:
- Copycat Copycat: featuring Doublers, Slow Thermos, and Entropic Lines.
- Copycat Yin Yang: featuring Yin Yang and Killer Cages.
- Copycat Collaboration: featuring Zipper Lines and Odd Lots. (Collab with several other setters)
- Copycat Blues: featuring Region Sum Lines and Same Difference Lines. (Collab with Marty Sears)
- Copycat Choco Banana: featuring Choco Banana and Arrows.
- Copycat Cipher: featuring Ciphered Digits, X-Sums, and Killer Cages.
- Copycat Kropki: featuring Kropki Dots.
- Copycat Mates: featuring Dutch Flat Mates, Dutch Whispers, and XV.
Solution code: The VALUES of every cell in row 9, from left to right
Last changed on on 28. October 2024, 02:37
Solved by gdc, han233ing, h5663454, XIAOYING, palpot, SKORP17, jojo81gaming, Ratfinkz, karlmortenlunna, ThePedallingPianist, MartinR, Lizzy01, isajo4002, heliopolix , Leilalu222, bansalsaab, sinamon, Flinty
Comments
on 27. July 2024, 10:11 by MartinR
Tricky middle, very easy (for me anyway!) to incorrectly eliminate options that were actually possible - broke it a few rimes till I saw, hey this option actually works.
on 24. July 2024, 00:02 by jojo81gaming
lovely interactions between the rules