Encaged Three Sudoku by clover!
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
Today, take special care with all the threes; they should be encaged by even numbers to ensure the correct solution of this puzzle.
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Theme: … I Am Still Just a Three in a Cage
Author/Opus: This is the 137th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.
Rules: Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Also, all threes are encaged by even numbers; this means that around the threes all orthogonally adjacent cells must be even.
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:30; One party hat (🥳): 14:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: trapped Tornieria.
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.
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