Count Different (Circles) Sudoku by clover!
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
Counting to 3 (and also 5 and 6) may be “elementary, my dear Watson,” but that doesn’t mean this Count Different (Circles) Sudoku is.
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Theme: Triplets
Author/Opus: This is the 175th 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). The number in each circle indicates how many unique values can appear in the 8 surrounding cells.
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:00; One party hat (🥳): 13:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: trivalue Texacephale.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:37, 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
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