Zippery When Wet by Marty Sears: A Sudoku Masterpiece

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Published on May 31, 2024 7:30:06 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faqfF7kTcwM

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*** THE LORD OF THE RINGS SUDOKU HUNT TOMORROW ***
At 4pm UK time tomorrow we launch the sudoku event of the summer. Blobz' puzzles and Ted Nasmith artistry combined in one of the most beautiful, approachable and fun hunts we've ever published. Get hyped!!! Teaser puzzle here:

https://sudokupad.app/blobz/a-long-expected-party

*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Happy 40th Birthday Marty Sears! We've had so many folk write in to wish you many happy returns and request we do THIS puzzle to celebrate your big day... So we have!!

This has one of the longest rulesets we've ever featured but, just occasionally, a lengthy ruleset is justified by the sheer quality of the resultant sudoku and this is one of those occasions. A masterpiece.

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/7kov2n4lrz

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Each cell is either land or water. All cells of the same type must be orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be entirely land or entirely water.

Line Types:
- Renban (pink) - Digits on a pink line don't repeat, and form a consecutive sequence, but these can be arranged in any order along the line.
- Nabner (yellow) - A digit on a yellow line cannot be consecutive with (or the same as) any other digit anywhere on the line.
- German Whisper (green) - Adjacent digits on a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Region Sum (blue) - Digits along a blue line must have the same total within each 3x3 box.
- Parity (red) - Digits along a red line must alternate between odd and even.
- Entropic (orange) - Any group of 3 adjacent digits on an orange line must contain a low digit (1, 2 or 3), a medium digit (4, 5 or 6), and a high digit (7, 8 or 9).
- Palindrome (grey) - A grey line must read the same in either direction.
- Same Difference (turquoise) - Each pair of adjacent digits along a turquoise line must have the same difference.

ZIPPERY WHEN WET:
• Any line that is completely wet (only enters water cells) loses the property of its presenting colour, and instead becomes a zipper line. Along a zipper line, each pair of digits that are the same distance from the line's central cell, sum to the digit in that centre cell.
• Any line that is completely dry (only enters land cells) behaves normally, as described in the list above. It does not behave like a zipper line.
• If a line is partly dry and partly wet, it retains its presenting property, but it is ALSO a zipper line as well.

*** NEW SUDOKU HUNT ON PATREON ***
Simon's solve of Sky-Skyscraper by Phistomefel has just been uploaded for our patrons. Also TOMORROW, we have an incredible new competition: A Lord Of The Rings sudoku hunt by Blobz (featuring the artwork of Ted Nasmith). This one is not to be missed!

Other treats on Patreon include:

- Glum Hippo's Snake Egg sudoku hunt - our May reward;
- the Sumgeons & Diagrams sudoku by sunnyjum;
- Simon's latest forays into the world of Islands Of Insight;
- Mark's video looking at the new OneUp puzzle from Rodolfo Kurchan;
- his solve of Region Geometry by Emre Kolotoğlu (3hr 36min long...!);
- and Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword

https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:54 Happy Birthday Marty Sears
2:50 New crossword video today
3:19 Lord Of The Rings Sudoku Hunt launches TOMORROW
4:05 Bonus puzzle from Blobz
5:45 Rules
12:41 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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