A Rarely-Seen Sudoku Genius

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Every sudoku by tonight's setter is an event! Knickolas makes the most brilliant and original puzzles and tonight we tackle his latest, Distant Neighbors. It's everything we hoped it would be: fascinating, challenging and SO satisfying to solve.

Play the puzzle at the links below:

https://sudokupad.app/yh755nnm1j

Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells separated by a white dot are consecutive. Draw a one-cell-wide loop that moves orthogonally through the centers of some cells. Adjacent digits along the loop are not consecutive. Numbers left of the grid indicate the number of cells on the loop in their row. Numbers above the grid indicate the sum of cells on the loop in their column. O, E, and P represent an odd, even, and prime number respectively.

The podcast Simon mentioned during the introduction about sudoku and AI is on a channel called ‪@MachineLearningStreetTalk‬ and the episode is available here (1hr in is when the sudoku discussion begins in earnest):
   • "I Co-Invented the Transformer. Now I'm Re...  

▶CLASSIC SUDOKU 2: OUR BRAND NEW APP ◀
We've released the long-awaited sequel to one of our most popular apps (the original Classic Sudoku). The new app features 60 handmade classic puzzles, including 20 each from the Japanese puzzle masters Nikoli and Sam Cappleman-Lynes (many of which feature competely new techniques)!!

Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/41...
AppStore
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin...
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

All our apps can be found at our website with links to all outlets:
https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps

** BLUE PRINCE STREAM **
Last night's Blue Prince stream can be watched here:

https://youtube.com/live/BEncVvvw_IY

Simon's continuation of the final day will be available on the channel tomorrow morning.

▶ NEW PATREON VIDEOS ◀
We've started releasing solution videos for this month's Skunkwork's competition. We will draw the winner in the next couple of days.

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▶ SVEN’S SUDOKU PAD ◀
Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles:
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s...
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”

▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
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▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀
https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue

▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
[email protected]
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
1:37 Blue Prince bonus video incoming
2:36 AI and Sudoku
5:52 Happy Birthdays
8:34 Rules
11:09 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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