Y Is This Puzzle So Brilliant?

** OCTOBER MONTHLY REWARD - OUT NOW **

The Duality Sudoku Hunt is just out. Massive thanks and kudos to the Sudoku Skunkworks for creating such a brilliant set of puzzles (14 in all!). You'll be able to enter the competition if you can solve the first 4 sudokus. If you solve all 14, you'll get a shoutout.

We've also just released Simon & Mark's solve of Vignettes by zetamath, which you can play at the link below:

https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/su...

Join us on Patreon to watch the video for as little as $2/month here:

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **

It's always a good day when there's a new Phistomefel sudoku to solve! It's called Sum Line Sudoku #1 and it's a constraint we haven't seen before. The logic is gorgeous, you won't want to miss this one.

Play the puzzle at the link below:

https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/su...

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. (ie fill the grid with the numbers from 1 to 9 so that in each row, column, and 3x3 block, each digit occurs exactly once). For every triple of adjacent digits on a line, one of the digits has to be the sum of the other two, e.g. 2-5-7, 6-9-3, and 8-4-4 are valid adjacent digits along a line. Digits may repeat on a line if allowed by the other rules. NB Each line in the shape of a Y consists of three lines, each of three cells length. For instance, the line running in boxes 1 and 4 contains the three lines R2C2-R3C2-R4C1, R2C2-R3C2-R4C3, and R4C1-R3C2-R4C3.

** CTC Pinball **

Massive props and thanks to Wecoc1 for creating this CtC-themed virtual pinball machine. It's epic. Here is a link explaining how to play it. (Remember to run it in Admin mode - otherwise Simon found he couldn't get it to work.)

https://wec-codes.forumotion.com/t21-...

** GET OUR NEW FREE APP AND/OR WATCH US STREAM IT **

To celebrate achieving 500k subscribers, we're trying to say thank you in a couple of ways.

We've released a FREE app full of handmade puzzles - simply download the Cracking The Cryptic app on Android, Steam or App Store and then select the 500k pack. We're streaming a playthrough of this app and you can watch the first five episodes here:

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We'll be streaming the last episode soon and we'll be starting a new stream series in which Simon attempts to guess the identity of a sudoku setter just based off solving the puzzle (!).

We're also able to offer our Cracking The Cryptic Greatest Hits book at a discount for a limited period. (Books are now in very short supply).

The coupon code is “500SUBS” and it can be redeemed at checkout here:

https://coffeebean.games/ctc-greatest...

** Our New App Is OUT **

Our new app is OUT on App Store AND Android AND ON PC (via Steam)!!

We've completely revamped the interface. Now you download the basic app free and you can choose to download additional content. So there's a FREE pack of puzzles by Prasanna Seshadri and a paid pack: DOMINO SUDOKU!!!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/20...

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▶ SUDOKU PAD - Our New App ◀

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-s...

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”

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