** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
The return of the great Aad van de Wetering, the Dutch master puzzlemaker, with a sudoku called Spirals! This has one of the shortest rulesets we've seen in recent months and yet the, under the surface, this has some interesting and subtle logic.

Play the puzzle at the link below:

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

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Adjacent cells on a grey line must contain digits that differ in value by only 1 or 2.

Check Out The Number Of Solves For A Walk In The Mist here:
https://sudokupad.app/counterstats.html

** NEW SUDOKU HUNT NOVEL BY DIMONO JUST OUT **
A new sudoku hunt wrapped in a real novella has just been released as our May monthly reward on Patreon. It's by DiMono and you need to keep solving puzzles to access the later chapters of the story!

Join us on Patreon for as little as $2 a month to play.

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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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iOS:
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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 puzzle intro
1:15 DiMono competition closing date & Kids Hunt
2:00 We're followed by rockstar!
2.45 Birthdays including apologies
4:24 Rules of the puzzle
4:50 Start Of Solve Let's Get Cracking!

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(Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.)

▶ 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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