(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
Hard to believe we’re completing the first year of GAS puzzles on GMPuzzles today. Let’s celebrate with an Irregular Sudoku that counts us down to the start of Year 6!

PDF

or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Theme: Countdown

Author/Opus: This is the 144th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region).

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:30; One party hat (🥳): 12:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: well-timed Wellnhoferia.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:26, 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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