One Of The Best Puzzles We've Ever Seen

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Yesterday we showcased a puzzle which had somehow "only" got a 99% rating. Today we go further: Cross The Sums by abed hawila has a mere 97% BUT this is one of the best puzzles we've EVER seen. A complete joy from start to finish.

Play the puzzle at the link below:

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

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Shade some cells so that the outside clues indicate the sums of the contiguous shaded cells in that row or column. A number indicates the sum of a complete contiguous block. A question mark (?) indicates that a contiguous block sum to a single-digit number and a double question mark (??) indicates that a contiguous block sums to a double-digit number. An asterisk implies that any number of blocks may exist, including zero. The clues are provided in the correct order (left-to-right, or top-to-bottom), and there is at least one unshaded cell between each pair of clued blocks. The shaded cells form a single orthogonally connected group. No 2×2 area within the grid can be totally shaded.

** NEW KIDS' SUDOKU HUNT JUST OUT **
A new sudoku hunt aimed at our younger viewers has just been released. Our thanks to Ashish Kumar for his help in creating three of the puzzles from the hunt!

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** NEW GAS PACK: VOLUME 2 IS OUT **
The new GAS (Genuinely Approachable Sudoku) pack is out on all platforms here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/23...
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin...

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-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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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music and rules
7:06 The Best Sudoku Breakthrough of 2023
7:43 Birthdays
8:22 Patreon Announcement
9:50 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-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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