Build Your Own Sudoku!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
We must have missed this sudoku when it originally came out in December. It's called Build Your Own Hitlines and it's by none other than Marty Sears. It's fiendishly clever and the denouement is close to unbelievable - it's like unravelling a Gordian Knot! (Don't forget we're streaming more Blue Prince tonight!)

Play the puzzle at the links below:

https://sudokupad.app/u10p16g8n5

Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply. From each square, draw a valid hitline moving through the centres of cells. Each hitline must occupy at least two cells. Hitlines may travel orthogonally and diagonally between cells, but may not branch, share cells, or cross themselves or each other. Digits may not repeat on a hitline. The small white clue on a square indicates the total sum of all the digits along that hitline that match their position number, with the square itself being position 1. Eg: if a hitline reads 82195 then its square would have a 7 clue, as this is the sum of 2 and 5 which are the only two digits on the line which match their position number (they are in the 2nd position and 5th position.)

▶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 STREAMS/VIDEOS **
The latest stream is here:
https://youtube.com/live/flMxq82TKJw

▶ 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◀
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
1:34 Blue Prince stream tonight!
2:10 Our Patreon competition
3:30 Happy Birthdays
7:38 A CtC-themed party?!
12:25 Rules
15:40 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

#sudoku #puzzle #logicpuzzle