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In this Figures Sudoku, can you first figure out what should go in all the cages, and then use those numbers to get all the way through to the one unique solution?

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Theme: Figure It Out

Author/Opus: This is the 24th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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, within each identically shaped cage, the same set of numbers must appear in some order.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:30; One party hat (🥳): 13:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: August Astrodonius.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:36, 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.

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Following Philip’s last “Irregular” Sudoku, this puzzle requires having an even and odd number on opposite sides of each bold boundary, making a more challenging variation until you plan for the disparities.

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Author/Opus: This is the 23rd puzzle from Philip Newman, 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. Across the bold region boundaries, the numbers must be of opposite parity (i.e., even on one side and odd on the other). For example in this puzzle: if R1C6 is odd, R1C7 must be even. If R1C6 is even, R1C7 must be odd.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:30; One party hat (🥳): 18:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: August Aepysaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 5:08 on an earlier grid with four fewer givens, 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 classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More Sudoku including variations can be found in these books in our e-store. Also, visit this page to purchase all of the puzzles from the 16th World Sudoku Championship including classic Sudoku.

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While we’ve labeled this an “Irregular” Sudoku, if you are flexible enough with the definition of a Sudoku region the same rules as so-called “Classic” Sudoku apply here. We hope you enjoy this puzzle by Philip Newman.

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Author/Opus: This is the 22nd puzzle from Philip Newman, 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.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 13:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: August Abysodon.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:34 = incorrect until check, 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 classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More Sudoku including variations can be found in these books in our e-store. Also, visit this page to purchase all of the puzzles from the 16th World Sudoku Championship including classic Sudoku.

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Today, Philip wanted to celebrate the number 43. If you have anything you’d like to share with Philip for this special puzzle, please send those along here or in our Discord.

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Theme: Ode to the Number 43

Author/Opus: This is the 21st puzzle from Philip Newman, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 5:43; One party hat (🥳): 12:43. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Youthful Yunxianosaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:44* = incorrect until check, 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 Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles on this site. 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 Sudoku including variations can be found in these books in our e-store. Also, visit this page to purchase all of the puzzles from the 16th World Sudoku Championship including classic Sudoku.

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While the name may not be familiar, this Anti-Renban has a simple rule that along a line you have a range of numbers with no consecutive pairs. This puzzle should flow well if you can understand the rule.

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Theme: Circle Gets the Square

Author/Opus: This is the 20th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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). All numbers along the indicated lines must be at least 2 apart from every other number on the line.

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

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:12, 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 Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles on this site. Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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Today’s GAS puzzle by Philip Newman is an incredible play on Little Killer clues and we hope brings you three times as much joy as usual.

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Theme: Triforce

Author/Opus: This is the 19th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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). Numbers along indicated diagonals must sum to the given total outside the grid.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:30; One party hat (🥳): 17:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Asthmatic Astigmasaura.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 4:21, 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 Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles on this site. Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.

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While the grid may look “classic” to you, you’ll need to know that no pairs sum up to 5 or 10 to make progress.

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Theme: Two Deadly Givens

Author/Opus: This is the 18th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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). No two numbers in adjacent cells can sum to exactly 10 or 5 as in the Roman Numerals for X or V. (This is the same rule as in XV Sudoku, but there are no X or V clues given here so it is Anti- only.)

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 16:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Silent Seismosaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:20, 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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In a Disjoint Groups Sudoku, each of the relative positions for placements (like the upper-leftmost cell in each region) cannot repeat numbers as well, making a kind of 4D puzzle. Can you still solve it?

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Theme: What Are You Hiding?

Author/Opus: This is the 17th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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 the same relative position (e.g., the upper-left cell or center cell) within different regions.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 15:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Patchy Pakisaurid.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:45, 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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Can you gallop your way around this grid where numbers cannot be a knight’s moves apart from each other? This GAS puzzle is by Philip Newman.

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Theme: 81 Squires

Author/Opus: This is the 16th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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 (🎩🥳): 7:00; One party hat (🥳): 13:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Antient Anokhadino.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:37, 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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The numbers are raining down from the top in this Diagonal Sudoku by Philip Newman.

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Theme: Free Fallin’

Author/Opus: This is the 15th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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 on the marked diagonals.

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

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:19, 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 Consecutive Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Consecutive Sudoku to get started on.

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