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This Consecutive Pairs Sudoku looks like it should really shine, but beware as diamonds can sometimes have sharp edges.

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Theme: Diamond Ring

Author/Opus: This is the 142nd 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). If a white circle is given between two adjacent cells, then the two numbers in those cells must differ by 1. Pairs of cells without circles can have any relationship.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:00; One party hat (🥳): 13:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: sparkling Silvisaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:34, 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.

Note: Follow this link for Consecutive Pairs Sudoku puzzles on this website. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Consecutive Pairs Sudoku to get started on. More Consecutive Pairs Sudoku puzzles can be found in these books in our e-store.

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Do the small-ish sums in this Sudoku have a larger effect on the solution because of the 8×8 size?

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Theme: Small-ish Sums

Author/Opus: This is the 141st 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). Also, the clues outside the grid indicate the sum of the first X numbers placed in the corresponding direction, where X is equal to the first number placed in that direction (e.g., if R8C7 is 4, then the four numbers in R8C7 (i.e., 4), R7C7, R6C7, and R5C7 all add up to 15).

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 11:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: small Sigilmassasaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:08, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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With one less flight of stairs than usual for a Sudoku here, can you climb all the way to the top of this Skyscrapers Sudoku puzzle?

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Theme: 8-Story Skyscraper

Author/Opus: This is the 140th 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). Also, each number in the grid represents the height of a building and the clues on the outside of the grid indicate how many buildings can be “seen” when looking from that direction. Taller buildings block the view of smaller buildings. (For example, if a row contains the numbers 15486732, then three buildings are seen from the left – 1, 5, and 8 – and four buildings from the right – 2, 3, 7, and 8 – with the other buildings blocked by taller buildings in front of them.)

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 11:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: short Siamosaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:32, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for classic Skyscrapers puzzles and this link for variations on Skyscrapers puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Skyscrapers Puzzles to get started on. More Skyscrapers puzzles can be found in The Art of Puzzles, in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli, and in the e-book Skyscrapers by Ashish Kumar.

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Will you be able to crack the secrets of this Numbered Rooms Sudoku with so many similar numbers on each outside edge?

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Theme: Quadruples?

Author/Opus: This is the 139th 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). Also, clues outside the grid indicate the value to be placed in the Nth cell in the corresponding row/column direction, where N is the value of the first cell in the grid in that direction.

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

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:10, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our Daily GAS discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click this link for basic access.

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After a string of some regular size 9×9 puzzles, clover! has come back to the concentrated 8×8 form in this Region Sum Lines that just may be Ten-tastic.

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Theme: Ten-tastic

Author/Opus: This is the 138th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Along each line, the numbers in every region it passes through have the same sum. (In this puzzle, for example, R2C1 + R2C2 = R3C2 + R3C3 + R4C3 + R4C4.)

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 5:30; One party hat (🥳): 10:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: zooming Zuolong.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:06, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our Daily GAS discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click this link for basic access.

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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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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Take special care with all the fours in this puzzle; if they get too close to another even number they might cause some trouble.

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Theme: Despite All My Rage …

Author/Opus: This is the 136th 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 fours are encaged by odd numbers; this means that around the fours all orthogonally adjacent cells must be odd.

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

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:45, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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If a recent GAS puzzle made you think “Run”, the negative space of this fun Killer Sudoku by clover! might remind you of another full diagonal pattern.

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Theme: Negative Space

Author/Opus: This is the 135th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Also, the sum of the numbers in each cage must equal the value given in the upper-left corner of that cage. Numbers cannot repeat inside a cage.

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

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:05, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for more Killer Sudoku and this link for classic Sudoku. More Killer Sudoku puzzles can be found in Killer Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli.

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Have you ever tried an 8×8 Sandwich Sudoku, possibly one with some of the crust cut off? Enjoy this “single-digit” treat by clover!.

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Theme: Single-Digit Sandwich

Author/Opus: This is the 134th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Clues outside the grid give the sum of the numbers in the cells between the 1 and the 8 in that row or column.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 11:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: sandy Siamodon.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:42, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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Have you noticed how all these 8×8 puzzles by clover! are “nineless”? Today’s variation makes this abundantly clear.

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Theme: Nineless

Author/Opus: This is the 133rd puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Whenever an X or V, reflecting the Roman numerals for 10 or 5, is placed on the edge between cells, the numbers in the two adjacent cells must sum to exactly 10 or 5. (Pairs of cells without an X or V mark can have any sum value.)

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 11:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: eight-way Eocursor.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:57, 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 and solving video with explanation from GAS team.

Note: Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our Daily GAS discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click this link for basic access.