This week marks the debut of our new puzzlemaster: Murat Can Tonta!

Murat has been one of our more prolific guest contributors, and also sent many phenomenal puzzles for The Art of Puzzles 2, coming next year. It is a pleasure to welcome Murat to the GMPuzzles team.

Murat’s debut week will feature a mix of logic puzzle styles, as well as word logic variations. Will there also be another hidden puzzle that makes you look across the site for some kind of link, or just a full week of very fun puzzles? Come back over the next seven days to see what unfolds.

Last week’s mix of puzzles can be found in this PDF.

There will be no new puzzles this week, but next week we’ll be welcoming another puzzlemaster to the ranks as we close out 2015.

Last week’s mix of puzzles from Thomas and Serkan can be found in this PDF.

Next week we’ll have a variety week representing all our puzzle categories, specifically:
Monday: Cave by Grant Fikes
Tuesday: Tapa by Prasanna Seshadri
Wednesday: Nurikabe by Grant Fikes
Thursday: Masyu by John Bulten
Friday: Kakuro (Different Areas) by Prasanna Seshadri
Saturday: Hidden Shape Sudoku by John Bulten

PDF

or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)

Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic (Originally for 2015 Arlington Puzzle Festival — playoff puzzle)

Author/Opus: This is the 234th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

Answer String: Enter the 3rd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th column from top to bottom.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 4:15, Expert = 8:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku, The Art of Sudoku 2 and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.

PDF

or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)

Theme: Three Ring Circus (Originally for 2015 Arlington Puzzle Festival)

Author/Opus: This is the 233rd puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

Answer String: Enter the 8th row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 9th column from top to bottom.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 4:30, Expert = 9:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku, The Art of Sudoku 2 and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.

PDF

or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)

Theme: Diagonal Series (Originally for 2015 Arlington Puzzle Festival)

Author/Opus: This is the 232nd puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

Answer String: Enter the 2nd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:00, Master = 4:15, Expert = 8:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku, The Art of Sudoku 2 and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.

PDF

or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)

Theme: Fan (Originally for 2015 Arlington Puzzle Festival)

Author/Opus: This is the 231st puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

Answer String: Enter the 1st row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 9th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:15, Master = 3:15, Expert = 6:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku, The Art of Sudoku 2 and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.

Last week’s mix of puzzles from Grant and Prasanna can be found in this PDF.

This week will feature a mix of words and numbers, specifically: Sudoku by Thomas Snyder and Word Connection by Serkan Yürekli. Enjoy!

Serkan’s Pentomino puzzles can be found in this PDF.

This week will feature a set of Fillomino by Grant Fikes and Tapa (Skyscrapers) by Prasanna Seshadri. Next Sunday will include a special 100th submission from Prasanna, so be sure not to miss it!

No new puzzles this week, but next week will bring a loaded 6+1 puzzles from Grant Fikes and Prasanna Seshadri.