Anti-Knight Sudoku by Bill Murphy

Today we continue to introduce the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team here on GMPuzzles with an Anti-Knight Sudoku by Bill Murphy with a nice geometric pattern with four empty rows.

Up/Down Lines Sudoku by Bill Murphy

PDF

or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Theme: Shut Up

Author/Opus: This is the 1st puzzle from Bill Murphy, 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, numbers cannot repeat in any cells separated by a chess knight’s move.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:30; One party hat (🥳): 14:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Twenty Dollar Dahalokely.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:35, 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 from GAS team to be added later.

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