(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
If today’s GAS is too much for you, it might be a good time to go outside, touch grass, and come back later for the GAS.

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or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Theme: Touch Grass

Author/Opus: This is the 73rd puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Outside Sudoku rules: Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Some numbers are given outside the grid. These numbers must appear in the first three cells in the corresponding direction.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 11:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: sunburnt Savannasaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:53, 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 more Outside Sudoku puzzles. More Outside Sudoku puzzles can be found in Masterpiece Sudoku Mix 4.

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.