Phistomefel's Brand New Killer Sudoku!

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Last night Simon spotted that the great Phistomefel had released a new sudoku: it's called Scylla and Simon couldn't resist immediately trying it for today's video. And, as usual, the devil makes a fool out of him!

Play the puzzle at the links below:

https://sudokupad.app/5yg1tpwhow

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits must sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.

The birthdays are at the end of tonight's video.

▶ NEW COMPETITION JUST OUT ON PATREON!!! ◀
We released Blobz new sudoku hunt, Back To The Future, on 1 September!! One of the best films ever now has its sudoku tribute - join us for as little as $2 a month to play. Closing date 20 September 2025.

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▶SUDOKU WORMS NOW LIVE! ◀
You can try worms (strings of sudoku which feed into each other) by Marty Sears or James Sinclair – (or both – approx. $1 apiece) – with more to come – either on Steam at these addresses or on AppStore:
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AppStore https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin...
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
and our latest full app is Cracking the Cryptic’s Fog-of-War Sudoku!
All our apps can be found at our website with links to all outlets:
https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps

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Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”

▶ FIND OUR BOOKS HERE ◀
https://coffeebean.games/product-cate... Cracking the Cryptic’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and Vol 2, as well as the e-book editions of Fog of War (regular and deluxe editions), are all available!

Our new website, with many thanks to GeorgeTheToad: https://www.crackingthecryptic.com

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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

▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 13-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.

▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Intro music and puzzle discussion
2:36 Some heart-breaking news
6:21 Rules
7:12 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
51:22 Back To The Future: Our Competition
52:11 Happy Birthdays

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