{"id":24455,"date":"2023-04-02T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=24455"},"modified":"2023-03-21T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T22:50:57","slug":"multiples-sudoku-by-thomas-snyder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/multiples-sudoku-by-thomas-snyder-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiples Sudoku by Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>[This puzzle comes from the 2022 US Sudoku Grand Prix round. Multiples Sudoku was a basic idea I had not seen before in a number placement puzzle, so I decided to use it in this competition structure taking full advantage of the limitations with putting so many eight clues into the grid. It ended up being the hardest puzzle in the competition, but without given numbers I&#8217;m not sure there are any &#8220;easy&#8221; Multiples Sudoku to really construct for solvers.]<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/230402-MultiplesSudoku-TooManyEights.png\" alt=\"Multiples Sudoku by Thomas Snyder\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/230402-MultiplesSudoku-TooManyEights.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/230402TooM>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Too Many Eights?<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 443rd 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. Also, some numbers are given on the edges between two adjacent cells. Treating those cells as a two-digit number (reading left to right or top to bottom), the two-digit number must be a multiple of the clue. (For example, near a 7 clue, the two digits can be 14, 21, 28, 35, &#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Estimated Difficulty:<\/b> 4 stars<\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/230402-MultiplesSudoku-TooManyEights-soln.pdf>PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other variations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/sudoku-3+variation-2\/\">Sudoku<\/a> and this link for <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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This puzzle comes from the 2022 US Sudoku Grand Prix round. Multiples Sudoku was a basic idea I had not seen before in a number placement puzzle, so I decided to use it in this competition structure taking full advantage of the limitations with putting so many eight clues into the grid. 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