** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Occasionally older sudokus are brought to our attention... this one, called Secrets and Lines by Starwarigami, is such a puzzle. It is difficult for us to articulate how incredibly clever we feel this is. The entire grid is covered in lines and the lines must be one of three types... but we don't know which is which. It is your mission to uncover the truth!!

Play the puzzle at the link below:

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

Rules:
This TOP SECRET sudoku has had all its digits redacted. Every redaction is either a Renban, German Whispers or AntiFactor line. All I can tell you is that row 1 uses exactly two Renban lines, and every other row, column, and 3x3 box uses at least two different types of line. Digits along a Renban line form a set of nonrepeating consecutive digits in any order. Consecutive cells along a German Whispers line contain digits which differ by at least 5. Digits along an AntiFactor line of length n may not be any multiple or factor of n (other than the digit 1), and must sum to a multiple of n. eg a line of length 4 could not contain 2,4 or 8 (but could contain 1).

** SIMON SOLVES KURT HUGO SCHNEIDER'S NEW SUDOKU **
Join us on Patreon (for as little as $2) for a brand new video in which Simon tackles Kurt Hugo Schneider's latest 6x6 sudoku (which you can play at the link below). And don't forget to submit your entry for September's competition... Closing date 20th September :)

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Play Kurt's puzzle here:

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

** NEW GAS PACK: VOLUME 2 IS OUT **
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60 original puzzles by Clover, Bill Murphy and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles!

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & introduction
1:51 Patreon closing date for September
2:38 Claire's email
3:14 Happy birthdays
5:39 Sven's Sudokupad and his dog, Toby!
6:36 Rules
10:20 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/svenss...

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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