Minesweeper Meets Sudoku
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*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Florian Wortmann returns to the channel today with a beautiful mishmash of sudoku, yin-yang and minesweeper! It's got an all but perfect rating and is of average difficulty so do try and have a go at it if you have time :)
Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/T3tMM749d7
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. The black dot joins digits in a 1:2 ratio (ie one digit is double the other). Not all dots are given. The sum of the digits along a grey line is equal to the sum of the digits in the circles at either end of the line. Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be fully shaded or fully unshaded. The circles act as 'minesweeper' clues. Ie Cells containing a circle are always unshaded, and their value is the number of shaded cells in the surrounding 3x3 area (i.e. the up to eight cells that touch the circle either orthogonally or diagonally).
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music& puzzle intro
1:00 Kraken The Cryptic - a new sudoku hunt on Patreon TODAY!
2:01 Brian Bilston's take on Pulp!?
2:54 Happy birthday to Raeker
3:24 The Sudoku We Beg You To Try
4:00 Rules
7:48 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
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▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀
You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:
iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/
Android:
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ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
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