My Sudoku Is Telling Me Lies!!!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** It's VikingPrime's birthday today and, to celebrate his friend's big day, Marty Sears has made him a puzzle... and not just any puzzle... this puzzle mimics VikingPrime's style and this means it is... devious... deeply devious!! It's called Hijinks, it's awesomely clever and also very very smelly!! Play the puzzle at the links below: https://sudokupad.app/2hk0wen7pj Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Along each line, the hexagon is referred to as 'position 1', the next cell along is 'position 2' and so on. Digits never repeat along a line. PURPLE LINES are thermos. Digits along thermos always increase as you move away from the hexagon. Eg: 24579 would be a valid thermo. TURQUOISE LINES are index lines. On an index line, the digit in the Nth position indicates the position along the line where the digit N appears. Eg: 32154 would be a valid index line. The 3 in the 1st position indicates there is a 1 in the 3rd position, and so on. LIGHT BROWN LINES are hitlines. Digits can be in any order on a hitline, but the digit in the hexagon indicates how many digits along the hitline match their position number. Eg: A hitline might read 27315. The 2 on the hexagon indicates that exactly two digits match their position number; in this case, 3 in the 3rd position and 5 in the 5th position. SHENANIGANS: One of the digits 1-9 (to be determined) is the 'mischief digit.' Every line follows one (AND ONLY ONE) of the three line rules above, but any line containing the mischief digit has been painted the wrong colour. (Any line NOT containing the mischief digit is the correct colour.) ▶ BLOBZ' WORM: OUR BRAND NEW APP ◀ We've released a brand new collection of sudoku puzzles by Blobz. The worm features 12 connected sudokus and is a great way to enjoy more creations from this popular constructor: Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/46... AppStore https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... All our apps can be found at our website with links to all outlets: https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps ▶ NEW MERCHANDISE INCLUDING RAT RUN GOODIES ◀ https://cracking-the-cryptric-shop.fo... ▶ MONDAY NIGHT'S BLUE PRINCE STREAM ◀ Here at 10pm UK time: https://youtube.com/live/uEai18xhxoA ▶ SIMON & MARK ATTEMPT BLUE PRINCE: THE SUDOKU ◀ This new epic (and epically long) video is now on Patreon (as well as our monthly sudoku hunt competition by Sandra & Nala). Check it all out here:   / crackingthecryptic   ▶ SVEN’S SUDOKU PAD ◀ Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s... Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀   / discord   ▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀ https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ crackingthecryptic@gmail.com Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: #crypticcracking @crypticcracking Instagram @crackingthecryptic ▶Credits◀ Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown. SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann Logo: Melvyn Mainini Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu ▶ Contents Of This Video ◀ 0:00 Intro music and puzzle introduction 1:46 6 years ago... 4:52 Blue Prince 5:10 Sandra & Nala & Merel 7:14 Happy Birthdays 8:38 Rules 14:35 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking #sudoku #puzzle #logic