Multi Sudoku By Guest Author Kumaresan

Happy Birthday Kumaresan

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This sudoku has multiple rules on different parts of the grid

Please read carefully

Inside clues 

• 50-50 Killer/MinMax Killer: In Boxes 2 and 8, there is a cage with a number in the corner of the Cage. One box will follow MinMax Killer Sudoku rules, and the other box will follow Killer Sudoku rules
• Killer Sudoku rules: Number on the top-left of a cage indicates the sum of the numbers inside the cage. Numbers cannot repeat inside a cage
• MinMax Killer Sudoku rules: Number on the top-left of a cage indicates the sum of the minimum and maximum numbers inside the cage. Numbers cannot repeat inside a cage

• 50-50 Kropki-XV: In Boxes 3 and 7, some black dots and white dots are given. One box will follow Kropki Sudoku rules, and the other box will follow XV Sudoku rules.
• Kropki Sudoku rules: White dots indicate that the two adjacent numbers differ by 1. Black dots indicate that one number is half of the other adjacent number. 
• XV Sudoku rules: White dots indicate that the two adjacent numbers sum to 5. Black dots indicate that the two adjacent numbers sum to 10

• 50-50 Renban-Palindrome: There are two grey lines given. One line will follow Palindrome Sudoku rules and the other line will follow Renban Sudoku rules
• Palindrome Sudoku rules: Numbers on the line read the same from both directions
• Renban Sudoku rules: Numbers on the line form a set of distinct consecutive digits

• 50-50 Quadro: In Box 9, there are two black dots given. Exactly one of them will follow Quadro Sudoku rule and the other will follow Anti-Quadro Sudoku rules
• Quadro Sudoku rules: Numbers around the black dot cannot contain all cells with same parity
• Anti-Quadro Sudoku rules: Numbers around the black dot contain all cells with same parity

• 50-50 Odd Even: In Box 5, there are four symbols given. Two of these will follow Odd Sudoku rule and the other two will follow Even Sudoku rules
• Odd Sudoku: Cells with the symbol should contain odd digits
• Even Sudoku: Cells with the symbol should contain even digits 

• 50-50Arrow Sudoku/Thermo: There are two Thermos given.one will follow thermo sudoku rules and the other will follow Arrow sudoku rules
• Arrow Sudoku: The number in the circle is the sum of the numbers along the line/arrow
• Thermo Sudoku: The numbers will be in increasing order from the bulb till the other end of the thermometer
• Coded Sudoku: There are some code is given. Each code will be replaced by different number

Outside clues 

• Little Killer Sudoku: The numbers given at the top and bottom of the grid (with an arrow) is the sum of the digits in all cells in the direction of the arrow

• 50-50 Frame/Serbian Frame: Regarding the other top and bottom outside clues, one side will follow Serbian Frame Sudoku rules and the other side will follow Frame Sudoku rules
• Frame Sudoku rules: Number outside is the sum of the first three numbers from that direction)
• Serbian Frame Sudoku rules: Number given outside is the sum of the 3rd and 4th numbers from that direction 

• 50-50 X-Sums/Outside: Regarding the clues on the left side of the grid, two of them will follow X-Sums Sudoku rules and other two will follow Outside Sudoku rules

• X-Sums Sudoku rules: Number outside is the sum of the first X numbers from that direction, where X is the digit in the first cell from that direction. Consider the clue as a two-digit number
• Outside Sudoku rules: Number given outside should come in the first three cells from that direction. The two digits are considered as separate digits, and not a two-digit number

• Three is a crowd Sudoku: On the right side of the grid, there are three numbers given against each row. Out of the three numbers, exactly two numbers should come in the first three cells from that direction, and the third (eliminated) number should not come in the first three cells. The eliminated numbers in the nine rows should be all different