Star Product Sudoku by clover!
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
With this third straight Star Product Sudoku from clover! the difficulty will start to multiply a bit; the logic you’ve seen over this past week though should help you get to the solution.
or solve online (using SudokuPad)
Theme: Starstruck
Author/Opus: This is the 162nd puzzle from Clover, 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). Also, in each row or column with a given clue outside the grid, the value of that clue is the product of all numbers in the starred cells in that row or column.
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:30; One party hat (🥳): 14:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: starry Styracosaurus.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:04, 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.
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