The Yin and Yang of a Brilliant Hybrid Sudoku Puzzle
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Normal sudoku rules apply. Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected and no 2x2 area may be fully shaded or unshaded. White dots lie on the border between the shaded and unshaded regions. Additionally, white dots separate consecutive digits. Not all possible dots are shown. Digits in caged cells show the number of cells of the same color (shaded or unshaded) seen orthogonally from that position, including itself. The 'other' color blocks vision. Cells a (chess) knight's move apart cannot contain the same digit.
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Music: Tim McCaskey (Guitar) or Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
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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 twelve-time winner of The Times championship 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.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
2:57 Rules of today’s puzzle
6:22 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
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