Count Odd Sudoku by clover!
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
To drive towards the solution of this unusual Sudoku puzzle, you’ll need to keep your eyes at ten and two to make sense of things.
or solve online (using SudokuPad)
Theme: Ten and Two
Author/Opus: This is the 126th 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 numbers in circles between two cells indicate the total count of odd numbers in all adjacent and diagonally neighboring cells of the domino-shaped area created by those two cells.
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 15:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: driving Diceratops.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:11, 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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