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*** ADVENT CALENDAR KICKSTARTER HERE ***
Get the ultimate Christmas present for a puzzler here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ctcadventcalendar/an-advent-calendar-from-cracking-the-cryptic
*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Titles like this one presage a puzzle by Aad van de Wetering, the Dutch grandmaster who is almost certainly the most famous sudoku constructor in the world! Aad's puzzles are always beautiful with simple elegant rulesets and this one, Gold Bar, is just about perfect.
Play the puzzle at the links below:
https://sudokupad.app/c2f1n9ks0w
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply. In every straight line of the bar and in the two hooks in boxes 1 and 9, the largest digit is equal to the product of the remaining digits.
The poem Simon reads during the introduction today is Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen.
*** BRAND NEW COMPETITION ON PATREON ***
On 1 November we released a brand new Sudoku Hunt competition themed on the books of Charles Dickens on Patreon. There's 20 puzzles to solve by 20 November to win the chance to come onto the channel and solve a puzzle with us! Simon has also completed a series of videos (7 hours!) attempting a very difficult cryptic crossword called Periodic Location by Nebuchadnezzar.
https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
▶ LAST NIGHT'S STREAM: LORELEI AND THE LASER EYES ◀
You can (re)watch tonight's stream of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes here:
https://youtube.com/live/MgskZaj-fkU
▶ ZETAMATH'S WORM: OUR BRAND NEW APP ◀
We've released a brand new collection of sudoku puzzles by Blobz. The worm features 12 connected sudokus and is a great way to enjoy more creations from this popular constructor:
Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4756830/Cracking_the_Cryptic__The_Sudoku_Worm_of_Zetamath/
AppStore
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic
All our apps can be found at our website with links to all outlets:
https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps
▶ NEW MERCHANDISE INCLUDING RAT RUN GOODIES ◀
https://cracking-the-cryptric-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/collections/rat-run
▶ SIMON & MARK ATTEMPT BLUE PRINCE: THE SUDOKU ◀
This new epic (and epically long) video is now on Patreon (as well as our monthly sudoku hunt competition by Sandra & Nala). Check it all out here:
https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
▶ SVEN’S SUDOKU PAD ◀
Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles:
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad
Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
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https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB
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▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music and puzzle introduction
1:53 Advent Calendar Kickstarter - Please help!
4:20 Remembrance Day poem
8:31 Happy birthdays
9:21 Rules
10:37 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
#sudoku #puzzle #logicpuzzle