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Published on September 5, 2025 7:30:13 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxElsPvjkqw

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Cracking the Cryptic (2022)

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
We aren't sure how hard this sudoku is but we do know it's a remarkable idea with some incredible logic! It's called Besties 2 and it's a sequel to a puzzle we've featured before... and it's by Jeet Sampat, who has created something really memorable.

Play the puzzle at the links below:

https://sudokupad.app/0lft1u2q32

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Two cells separated by a single Chess knight's move must contain different digits. Digits within a cage must sum to the clue in the cage’s top-left corner. The clue outside the grid gives the sum of all digits along the indicated diagonal. Digits may repeat on this diagonal if allowed by the other rules.

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▶ 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

▶ 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 13-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, 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.

▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Intro music and puzzle discussion
1:25 New Crossword Video
1:49 Back To The Future: Our New Competition
2:44 Yesterday's Puzzle
3:10 Happy Birthdays
4:36 Rules
6:15 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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