One Of The Most Fun Puzzles For Months!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Simon absolutely loves this new sudoku by Kaktuslav. It's called Hamiltonian Killer Thermo and involves an innovative ruleset and the most beautiful ideas in the solve path. Phenomenal.

Play the puzzle at the links below:

https://sudokupad.app/wcq666h4y2

Rules:
Place the digits 1–9 exactly once in each row and each column of the grid. Draw a directed path that moves orthogonally between cell centres and visits every cell of the grid exactly once. Each of the 27 cages can be entered by the path at most once (i.e. the path must visit all cells of a cage in a single continuous run before leaving it). The path acts as a thermometer with respect to cage totals: as the path moves away from its starting cell, the sums of the cages it visits must strictly increase. Digits may not repeat within a cage.

** BLUE PRINCE STREAM TOMORROW **
You can watch tomorrow evening's Blue Prince stream here:

https://youtube.com/live/uD7fxR1Xi44

▶ NEW PATREON VIDEOS ◀
Solution videos for Blobz sudoku hunt, Back To The Future, are out and today we released the first two in a series of videos in which Simon attempts Spyder by Sabre, a recent Listener crossword.

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** LIVE CRACKING THE CRYPTIC SHOW **
On 2nd November Simon & Mark will be doing a live episode at the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival. Please book early to avoid disappointment, this event sold out quickly last year due to the venue size. https://www.stratfordliteraryfestival...

▶NEW SUDOKU WORMS NOW LIVE! ◀
We're delighted to announce the release of two new worms - by none other than Phistomefel and Michael Lefkowitz (Juggler)! These join the first two worms by Marty Sears or James Sinclair... you can find them either on Steam at these addresses or on AppStore:
Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/40...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/40... https://store.steampowered.com/app/37...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/37...
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

▶ 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”

▶ 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

▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Intro music and puzzle introduction
1:23 Blue Prince stream incoming
1:42 Skunkworks competition
3:01 Happy Birthdays
5:38 Rules
8:12 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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