The "Easiest" Phistomefel Sudoku!?

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Published on April 2, 2024 7:30:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbM6qwJqfUk

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*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
One of the most fantastic pieces of recent news from the world of sudoku is the emergence of more puzzles from the great setter Phistomefel. Today we try his latest creation, Copycat, which some of you have claimed is his "easiest"...

We're not so sure but we do agree it's another piece of brilliance from the legend himself.

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/myxmj3f1g9

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. The grey line is a palindrome - the digits on a palindrome line read the same in both directions. The lavender line is a Zipper line - digits an equal distance from the centre of a zipper line must sum to the digit in the middle of that line. The two lines have the same composition of digits. E.g. if one line has two 3s, five 4s and a 9, then so does the other. The order of the digits is not necessarily the same on the two lines. Cells separated by a white dot contain digits whose values differ by 1. Cells separated by a black dot contain digits with a 2:1 ratio ie one digit is double the other. Not necessarily all dots are drawn in.

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:39 James Bond sudoku hunt
2:19 New Stream tomorrow
2:55 Statistical analysis of Logic Masters solves!
7:06 Happy Birthdays & Other announcements
9:57 David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks poetry
11:30 Rules
14:50 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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