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Build a Super Indexed Puzzle

(Published on 27. April 2025, 05:00 by Will Power)

Normal Sudoku Rules apply. CELLS ON THE GRID ARE SUPER INDEXED- Except for some special cases, where cells are indexed to themselves, cells are each connected to 2 other cells in the grid, found by switching row, column and digit. Example: If row 7, column 2 is the digit 4, then row 2 column 4 is the digit 7 AND row 4 column 7 is the digit 2 (7,2,4 > 2,4,7 > 4,7,2). An example of a self-referenced cell is if row 1, column 1, contains the digit 1. KROPKI PAIRS- Numbers with a black dot between them are in a ratio of 2:1. Not all dots are given. PURPLE LINE- Neighbors on a purple line are consecutive. HINT: A property of a super indexed puzzle is- Within ALL boxes, the low numbers (1,2,3) must each be in different columns and rows than one another. The same is true for the middle (4,5,6) and the high (7,8,9) numbers.

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Solution code: Row 9.

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Solved by psiphiorg, SincereEngineer, jalebc, stillclueless, avishai, kroutu, bbutrosghali, MarthaB, Fisherman, SKORP17, yusuf17, Imagio, Chelo, Cryccu, metacom, HighEagle, abihummel, pms_headache, zrbakhtiar, Tiffanatisk, geronimo92, lordtom, kopo1, MaxSmartable, Montikulum, jklimp, rlg, atheeromar, Gosciola19, CSStead, DozingSongbird, DylanRay, Megalobrainiac, marajade, AngelaQ, Counterfeitly
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on 14. May 2025, 15:55 by atheeromar
Solution link:
https://sudokupad.app/ztdyheqf6i

on 30. April 2025, 01:47 by kopo1
Very enjoyable!

Last changed on 28. April 2025, 10:36

on 28. April 2025, 06:38 by Fisherman
Great job setting. Almost a miracle. For my solve, I treated the hint as the main puzzle. Sorry to disappoint.

@Fisherman If I give a rule or clue, then it's fair game how you use it in your solve. Maybe others would be disappointed, but I'm not. I enjoy seeing the different ways solvers attack my puzzles, when they are forthcoming enough to share. Although, a rating of 78% approval after 13 solves is a bit disappointing. The more difficult I make the puzzle, the lower rating I get, and yet some seem to ask for greater difficulty. Peace to you. -Will Power

Last changed on 27. April 2025, 16:25

on 27. April 2025, 12:28 by bbutrosghali
The hardest part was getting my head around the super indexing, but once that happened it was actually pretty straightforward. Your hint in the instructions was almost too helpful

@bbutrosghali Thanks so much for playing and commenting. Now that you have the idea of Super Indexing, there are two other puzzles with 'super Index" in the name that are from quite some time ago. Try them. They may not be as easy for you. I gave the extra hint because my earlier puzzles did not get as many solves as I would like. Peace to you. -Will Power

Last changed on 27. April 2025, 08:29

on 27. April 2025, 05:42 by psiphiorg
Very nice puzzle! Good break-in, and once a certain critical mass of digits get put in it flows great to the end.

@psiphiorg Thanks so much for playing and commenting. It means a lot. -Will Power

Difficulty:2
Rating:87 %
Solved:36 times
Observed:6 times
ID:000N1R

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