Creating Beauty with Two Lines and a Dot
522Here's where you can try Two Lines and a Dot by Jim Taylor: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/f7hr9rq96H
Normal sudoku rules apply. Identical digits cannot be a knight's move apart. Along a line, there is no repeated digit, and neighbours have a difference of at least 5. Digits joined by a black dot have a ratio of 1:2.
▶ Our newest sudoku pack: GAS ◀
Now available: our GAS pack with brand new Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles by clover!, Philip Newman, and Sam Cappleman-Lynes, an in-app purchase from the (free) Cracking the Cryptic app. In that app you also get a free pack of puzzles by Prasanna Seshadri (one puzzle of each variant of our existing apps), a FREE pack of 23 puzzles in celebration of our reaching 500k subscribers, and can purchase DOMINO SUDOKU, a pack of 100 handmade puzzles (40 available at launch, 5 added each month until it reaches 100) by some of the best constructors in the world.
AppStore https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2085970/Cracking_the_Cryptic/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic
Also: seven videos of Simon and Mark solving the 500k pack puzzles in live streams. See the playlist to get to them.
▶ ALL OUR APPS ◀
Links are ALL here: https://crackingthecryptic.com/#apps or search for Cracking the Cryptic and the app name on your favourite app provider: Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, Sandwich, Domino and GAS (brand new!)◀
All our apps are full of handmade sudoku puzzles by ourselves and many of the best constructors in the world, tested and hinted by Simon and Mark!
▶ OUR PATREON PAGE – JOIN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US AND TRY OUR PUZZLE HUNTS◀
https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
Though the competition for Fossil Hunt closes on February 20, we eagerly anticipate another great patreon reward puzzle hunt on March 1, called Alice’s Adventures in Sudokuland, by Paint By Numbers Institute. Join us on Patreon at the $2/month level or higher to try these puzzles, $3/month or higher to have access to solution videos! (Also you get access to a patreon-only discord channel to discuss the Patreon Reward puzzles and get help if you need it!)
* Lots of other content on Patreon, including past Patreon rewards, crossword solves and Simon and Mark engaging in a couple of collaborative sudoku solves. *
▶Miss the Kickstarter? You can still preorder our book here ◀
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/cracking-the-cryptics-greatest-hits-volume-2/
▶Our merchandise: ◀
https://cracking-the-cryptic.creator-spring.com/
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
https://discord.gg/BbN89j5
▶ 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: Tim McCaskey (Guitar) or Lucy Audrin (Piano) or Riffclown plays Mozart's Sonata no 16 ("Sonata Facile"), and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Joel Blundell
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times championship and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
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