{"id":24417,"date":"2023-03-25T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2023-03-21T08:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:31:55","slug":"sudoku-by-thomas-snyder-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/sudoku-by-thomas-snyder-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudoku by Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>[This puzzle comes from the 2022 US Sudoku Grand Prix round. This puzzle is the last of three classic Sudoku that did not have a visual theme, however (spoiler for hidden theme and solving path) <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">the digit eight is still a key part of the theme. This is a &#8220;just one cell&#8221; type Sudoku, one of my trademarks, where the first move is very limited and I&#8217;m 99% sure your first digit placement will be an eight in box 8 even if you&#8217;ll find it by thinking of other numbers first.<\/span>]<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/230325-Sudoku-HiddenTheme.png\" alt=\"Sudoku by Thomas Snyder\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/230325-Sudoku-HiddenTheme.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/230325SudA>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Hidden Theme<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 435th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/sudoku-rules-and-info\/\" \/>Sudoku<\/a> rules.<\/p>\n<p><b>Estimated Difficulty:<\/b> 3 stars<\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/230325-Sudoku-HiddenTheme-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/sudoku-3+classic\/\">classic Sudoku<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/sudoku-3+classic+mondaytuesday\/>easiest Sudoku<\/a> to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in our <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/>e-store<\/a>, including in <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/the-art-of-sudoku\"><i>The Art of Sudoku<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/collections\/the-art-of-sudoku-2\"><i>The Art of Sudoku 2<\/i><\/a> and in our beginner-friendly collection <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/intro-to-gmpuzzles><i>Intro to GMPuzzles<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This puzzle comes from the 2022 US Sudoku Grand Prix round. This puzzle is the last of three classic Sudoku that did not have a visual theme, however (spoiler for hidden theme and solving path) the digit eight is still a key part of the theme. 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