Deficit Sudoku by clover!
In this second puzzle in a Surplus/Deficit series this week, all the extras from puzzle one are leading to some less full spaces in this grid. Can you still complete this Deficit Sudoku by Clover?
or solve online (using SudokuPad)
Author/Opus: This is the 29th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.
Rules: Standard Deficit Sudoku rules, with numbers from 1-8: Insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row or column. Some regions appear with fewer cells than there are numbers in the indicated range. No number repeats in these regions, but not all numbers will appear in each of these regions.
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 7:00; One party hat (🥳): 13:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: deficient Daspletosaurus.
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.
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