Below is the code for a Killer I made which is "Ruudiculous" - ie very hard and quite possibly is not solvable logically (Sumocue's dancing algorithms go crazy just finding the solution).
3x3:d:k:5376:5376:5378:5378:5378:5378:5378:5639:5639:5376:5642:4619:4619:5133:5133:51335639:5376:5642:5642:4619:513336072320:5376:59162845:54078225:82252852:59166695:5407822528515916:5916:6695:5407:5407:822523576695:6695:6695:54348225:822544153648:5434:543436434167:4415:4415:5450:5450:5450:5450:5450:4167:4167:
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But perhaps together we can solve it. So, here is my suggestion for how we can collaborate.
1) I've followed Sumocue's "hints - F8" to get the puzzle "marks" to the "no more hints" spot below. [edit to include SumoCue's hints from start of puzzle to No More Hints (NMH) #1 -
Start of puzzle
1)Candidate 9 locked in cage 22(3) in N3
2)Candidate 9 locked in cage 22(3) in N1
3)45 test eliminates in 2 outies of r9
4)45 test eliminates in 2 outies of c1 (Edit:{13} only in r19c2 ->no 1or 3 elsewhere in c2)
5)45 test eliminates in 2 outies of r89
6)Unplaceable candidates in cage 14(4) in N89
7) Unplaceable candidates in cage 17(3) in N7
8)45 test eliminates in 3 innies of N69
9)Killer pair {1,3} found in r1
10)Killer pair {6,9} found in N7
11)Killer pair {8,9} found in N7
12)Killer pair {1,3} found in r9
13)Eliminations in innie/outie difference in N689
No more hints #1
2) Now, if anyone can see how to progress the puzzle further, tell us what your idea is - and use Sumocue's hints to find the consequences of your idea.
3) Post the marks of the new "No more hints" point (this will make sure we are all talking about the same thing).
4) In order to let others absorb that step - just post one idea and consequences at a time. If you have another idea of how to get past the next "no more hints" spot - wait at least until after the next full day to post. This will give others a chance to digest and get another idea. My hope is that a range of posters will be giving ideas (hence the 'tag' Killer).
It would be really helpful if Sumocue can "read" the Marks code from someone elses post - does anyone know if this is possible? If it is, how do you do it? If it's not possible then it is going to be a bit laborious manually entering the marks but....
Any-way - I've called this puzzle "Uluru" - a famous rock in Northern Territory in Australia.
Anyone want to play?
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.-----------------------.-----------------------------------------------------------.-----------------------.
|(21) |(21) |(22) |
| 245678 13 | 12345678 123456789 123456789 123456789 12345678 | 56789 56789 |
| .-----------+-----------------------.-----------------------------------+-----------. |
| |(22) |(18) |(20) |(9) | |
| 12345678 | 56789 | 12345678 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 12345678 | 123456 | 56789 |
| | '-----------. | .-----------------------: '-----------:
| | | | |(14) | |
| 12345678 | 56789 56789 | 123456789 | 123456789 | 12345678 12345678 | 123456 123456 |
| :-----------.-----------'-----------+-----------: .-----------'-----------.-----------:
| |(23) |(11) |(21) | |(32) |(11) |
| 123456789 | 2456789 | 12345678 12345678 | 123456789 | 12345678 | 123456789 123456789 | 23456789 |
:-----------: | .-----------: | | .-----------: |
|(11) | | |(26) | | | |(11) | |
| 12345678 | 2456789 | 12345678 | 123456789 | 123456789 | 12345678 | 123456789 | 23456789 | 23456789 |
| | '-----------: | '-----------: | :-----------:
| | | | | | |(9) |
| 12345678 | 2456789 123456789 | 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 | 23456789 | 12345678 |
| :-----------------------' :-----------.-----------: '-----------: |
| | |(21) |(14) | | |
| 123457 | 2457 123457 123457 | 56789 | 45678 | 123456789 123456789 | 12345678 |
:-----------+-----------------------.-----------' | '-----------------------+-----------:
|(17) |(14) | | |(16) |
| 5678 | 5689 5689 | 456789 456789 | 1234567 1234567 1234567 | 12345678 |
| '-----------.-----------'-----------------------'-----------------------.-----------' |
| |(21) | |
| 689 13 | 123457 123456789 123456789 123456789 12345678 | 2456789 2456789 |
'-----------------------'-----------------------------------------------------------'-----------------------'