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Theme: One Small Step 4 2-getherness, One Giant Leap 2 4-get

Author/Opus: This is the 537th (A), 537th (B) puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 11:00, Master = 17:00, Expert = 34:00

Solution: PDF and solving animation.

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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Theme: Forty-five

Author/Opus: This is the 536th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: In this puzzle, your job is to place a number into every empty box so that each row across, each column down, and each small 9-box square within the large square (there are 9 of these) will contain each number from 1 through 9. Remember that no number may appear more than once in any row across, any column down, or within any small 9-box square; this will help you solve the puzzle.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:45, Expert = 3:30

Solution: PDF and solving animation.

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.

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our The Twelve Days of Sudoku Discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord.

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Theme: Hand-wrapped Gift

Author/Opus: This is the 535th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

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

Solution: PDF and solving animation.

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.

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our The Twelve Days of Sudoku Discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord.

Note 3: Please check lesson notes from Dr. Sudoku.

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98: 71 + 78… ∈ 41.

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Added (9:50AM): I’ve gotten some nervous voice mails from people about this announcement and not being able to count to 16 and the sudden prolificness suggesting a mental health crisis. Please stay calm! I know this isn’t THE puzzle. THAT PUZZFLEFL WOULD BE AMAZING.

This image I showed is from before I met with a brilliant man and our powers of subtraction and division found the miracle. Less and more are more but a little more less than more because 17 > 16!

Added (11:15AM): I’ll say less here, not more, which in this case means literally saying less even though less is usually more. Anyway, I will cease the on-going nature of verbal communications in the language of English with people known and unknown but who mostly think the answer is “have you tried meditation”. I have a psychiatrist and a therapist and have taken my medication and have gotten some sleep and my heart rate is about 65 right now and I ate a good meal and all that. I know how certain songs can be uppers for me, and others downers, and others kept on infinite repeat keep me in a stable mood and also act like an alarm every 5 minutes mentally to check in on myself. Has a doctor ever prescribed “Trois Mouvements Perpétuels” for you? They didn’t for me either. But it is a team effort like you’ll need for sure. Besides, who doesn’t get anxious before Christmas?

I’m going to shut off the computer because phones and bings and all sorts of stuff aren’t as calming as making a poinsettia lego plant to decorate for Christmas. It’s apparently for adults 18 and up. I’m really curious if that makes sense as a limit (not commercially — I get that). I’m also curious in A/B testing if 18 and below would work too, particularly for people over 50, maybe a different set who want to take up the challenge. I’m very intrigued with what some 70+ year olds can do and what they can’t.