(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
Unlike yesterday’s straight diagonals, this puzzle features four different bent diagonals and may twist your brain a bit until you figure out how to use this information.

PDF

or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Author/Opus: This is the 43rd puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). Numbers must not repeat along the four “bent” diagonals that turn 90 degrees in the center cell. (An example of a bent diagonal starts at R1C1, moves to the center at R5C5, and then goes back out to R9C1 in the same column it started in.)

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:30; One party hat (🥳): 14:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Ageing Abydosaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:28, with SudokuPad replay file shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).

Solution: PDF and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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