The Fastest Solve
1,080*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
It's Blobz 59th birthday today and we wish him many happy returns by solving not one but two of his puzzles! There's a bite size 4x4 called Pluto and a more meaty but extremely beautiful 9x9 called 159 RSL.
Play the puzzles at the links below:
4x4: Pluto (Dwarf Planet)
https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/f7663Bj2bL
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along a blue line have an equal sum N within each 2x2 box the line passes through. Different lines may have different values for N.
9x9: 159 RSL
https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/mR3GPBqGnT
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in column 1 indicate the column in which the digit 1 appears in that row (e.g. if r4c1 is a 6, r4c6 is a 1). The same applies to columns 5 and 9, with the digits 5 and 9 respectively. Digits along a blue line have an equal sum N within each 3x3 box the line passes through. Different lines may have different values for N.
*** NEW SUDOKU HUNT JUST OUT ***
A sudoku hunt, The Planets Suite, was released on 1 June at 4pm UK time on Patreon. It's one of our own and is slightly easier this month. The solution videos for DiMono's Jewels Of Osiris hunt last month are also now available.
Join us on Patreon for as little as $2 a month to play.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363130/Cracking_the_Cryptic__GAS_Volume_2/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
60 original puzzles by Clover, Bill Murphy and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles!
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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:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad
ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music& puzzle intro
1:15 The Cyril Gray Golf Tournament
2:20 Happy Birthdays
4:33 Sven's Birthday!
6:03 Tony's email: You CAN Solve These Puzzles.
9:04 Patreon, Planetary Fact From Blobz & 4x4 Puzzle
13:31 Rules
16:20 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
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(Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.)
▶ 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:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad
ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
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