{"id":17583,"date":"2021-11-14T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=17583"},"modified":"2021-11-14T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T17:31:07","slug":"sunday-update-and-solutions-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/sunday-update-and-solutions-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Update and Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you missed our post last weekend, our latest e-book, <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/collections\/smaller-puzzle-collections\/products\/star-battle-2><i>Star Battle 2<\/i> by JinHoo Ahn and Murat Can Tonta<\/a>, is now available for sale in our store and two more Masterpiece Sudoku Mixes are on track to be added before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>This week is also the <a href=https:\/\/logicmastersindia.com\/WSPC2021\/>World Sudoku + Puzzle Convention<\/a> and our contributing puzzlemasters Prasanna Seshadri and Ashish Kumar constructed some of the puzzles alongside other international authors. Please check out some of the puzzle rounds and other events. I will be speaking as part of a &#8220;Puzzle Authors panel&#8221; on Thursday the 18th from 14:30-16:00 GMT. I don&#8217;t know if I will be able to find time to &#8220;compete&#8221; during the official schedule due to my current commitments &#8212; the extended time for next weekend may help &#8212; but I wish those that do compete the best of luck and skill and hope to see many of you in the future at the next live WSPC.  <\/p>\n<p>Our past week with a variety mix from guest authors is collected in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2021\/2021W44-FreshMix-Puzzles.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the solutions are in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2021\/2021W44-FreshMix-Solutions.pdf\">PDF<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/11\/08 - TomTom by Salih Alan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptP50pRfuwQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/11\/09 - Yajilin by David Altizio\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jXy47Mnjckg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/11\/10 - Sudoku by Sam Cappleman-Lynes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5iVP85tz76I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/11\/11 - Pentominous by Elyot Grant\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Ebom6fKy4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/11\/12 - Nurikabe by wormsofcan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c9dNosBfFic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/11\/13 - Statue Park by Jeffrey Bardon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ZaL2sErHe8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This next week will feature two Region Division styles, with a set of three Kuromasu puzzles and three Snake Pit puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you missed our post last weekend, our latest e-book, Star Battle 2 by JinHoo Ahn and Murat Can Tonta, is now available for sale in our store and two more Masterpiece Sudoku Mixes are on track to be added before the end of the month. 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