The Sudoku Anniversary Sequel
1,019*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Today is the anniversary of the first sudoku video we made on Cracking The Cryptic (which was exactly six years ago!) Thank you to everyone who has fallen in love with variant sudokus since that day!!
One of the most intriguing puzzles of the last few months was Xendari's Shade Your Own Sum Lines (link below). And today we have a crack at the sequel: Shade Some More Sum Lines by the same author. This has been recommended by some of the best judges of a good sudoku out there and, although the rules are a little more complicated, this is a first class follow-up.
Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/QgtR8b9Mr2
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Shade some cells in the grid such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected. Within each 3x3 box, every separate orthogonally connected group of shaded cells must sum to N, where N is the same for all boxes. Circles can be shaded or unshaded, and the digit in a circle is the number of shaded cells in its 3x3 box. Squares are shaded, and the digit in a square is the number of shaded cells “seen” horizontally or vertically combined from that cell (including itself), where unshaded cells block vision. Diamonds are unshaded, and the digit in a diamond is the size of the orthogonally connected group of unshaded cells that it belongs to.
Xendari's original puzzle is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TPJ32Aa_tQ
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music & Our Anniversary
1:10 Puzzle intro
2:32 Happy Birthdays
3:35 Join Us On Patreon!
3:49 Rules
9:13 Remembering Xendari's first puzzle
9:38 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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