How To Think Outside The Box!
0*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
The Skunkworks are doing great things for the sudoku community and here two of their number, Nordy & Riffclown, present an absolutely SUPERB puzzle using, inter alia, overlapping region sum lines.
UK viewers may like to know that Mark was on Countdown today.
Play the puzzle at the following link:
https://sudokupad.app/9JLLbT9Jj7
This link has extra graphics: https://sudokupad.app/k39j633cdo
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Along a blue line, each line segment within a different 3x3 box must sum to the same total. Different lines may have different totals. Each grey line consists of one or more contiguous groups of cells, each of which sums to 10. These groups of cells cannot overlap. Adjacent digits on a green line must differ by at least 5.
*** OUR DECEMBER COMPETITION & SIMON'S BONUS SOLVES ***
100 4x4 Snackdoku pack from the Skunkworks was released on 1 December as our monthly reward.
Simon's solve of Broken Secrets by TotallyNormalCat was also released yesterday. You can try that puzzle here: https://sudokupad.app/jMg44R2tpb
There's also Mark's latest battle with The Times' Club Monthly Special cryptic crossword.
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*** KICKSTARTER LAUNCHED - FOG OF WAR ***
Check out our new Kickstarter where we tasked ourselves with creating the best Xmas present for a puzzle fan. Phistomefel is making a puzzle for it!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/cracking-the-cryptic-presents-fog-of-war
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*** NEW GAS PACK: VOLUME 2 IS OUT ***
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music & puzzle Intro
1:18 Crossword video today
1:31 Mark appears on Countdown!
1:55 Kickstarter - Fourth Stretch Goal Unlocked
2:33 100 Snackdokus & Simon vs TotallyNormalCat
3:09 Happy Birthdays
4:51 Rules
8:16 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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