(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
This Sudoku combines a hidden constraint (no consecutive numbers can share an edge) with some very obvious zones that might be useful too. How will you do on today’s GAS?

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or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Author’s Note: A simpler version with additional clues can be found here

Author/Opus: This is the 55th 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 in the top left of each cage must appear in those cages. All numbers in adjacent cells must be nonconsecutive (i.e., not differ by 1).

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 9:00; One party hat (🥳): 16:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Mashed-Up Maxakalisaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 4:16, 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; solving video with explanation to be added later from GAS team.

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

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our Daily GAS discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click this link for basic access.