Theme: Steps
Author/Opus: This is the 2nd puzzle from guest contributor Rajesh Kumar.
Rules: Standard Arrow Sudoku rules.
Answer String: Enter the 6th row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 9th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:00, Master = 5:30, Expert = 11:00
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Theme: Odd and Even
Author/Opus: This is the 1st puzzle from guest contributor Kishore Kumar Sridharan.
Rules: Standard Sudoku rules. Also, digits in circles must be odd and digits in squares must be even.
Answer String: Enter the 3rd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 6th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:00, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
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Theme: The King
Author/Opus: This is the 200th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Standard Sudoku rules. Also, digits in circles must be odd and digits in squares must be even.
Answer String: Enter the 3rd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 6th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
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Theme: A Series of Arrows
Author/Opus: This is the 315th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Arrow Sudoku rules.
Answer String: Enter the 1st row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 6th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:15, Expert = 2:30
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Theme: Broken Diagonal?
Author/Opus: This is the 314th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Sudoku rules. Also, digits in circles must be odd and digits in squares must be even.
Answer String: Enter the 3rd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th row from left to right.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:35, Master = 0:45, Expert = 1:30
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Theme: 5+
Author/Opus: This is the 199th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Standard Cave rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the cave segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 198th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Standard Cave rules; also, all groups of cells outside the Cave must be formed out of different arrangements of exactly five cells (i.e., different pentominoes). Pentomino shapes may be reflected or rotated, but they cannot repeat or touch each other. Not all pentominoes need to appear.
This example uses four cell regions (i.e., tetrominoes) within the same rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the cave segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 6:45, Master = 11:45, Expert = 23:30
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