{"id":33013,"date":"2025-06-17T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33013"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:03:26","slug":"zipper-lines-sudoku-by-bill-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/zipper-lines-sudoku-by-bill-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Zipper Lines Sudoku by Bill Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This Zipper Lines Sudoku by Bill Murphy will have you thinking about how to link pairs of cells together sometimes, helping you zip to the solution when everything fits.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250617-ZipperLinesSudoku.png\" alt=\"Zipper Lines Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250617-ZipperLinesSudoku.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/250617ZipL\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> One Rizla<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 4th puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (<a href=https:\/\/sudokutheory.com\/gas\/>GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). Numbers that are an equal distance apart from the center of a line have the same sum. If the line is an odd length in cells, then the number in the center cell must equal the sum of any pair of numbers along the line an equal distance away from that cell.<\/p>\n<p><b>GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">7:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">13:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">Memorable Mirischia<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): <\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">2:54<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Zipper_Lines-a837-d176.replay>SudokuPad replay file<\/a> shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).<\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250617-ZipperLinesSudoku-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MeUKbBq4ZIw\">solving video<\/a> with explanation from GAS team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/gas\/\">Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles<\/a> on this site. Follow this link for other less common variations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/sudoku-3+variation-2\/\">Sudoku<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/1059513302847336469\/1380897111599616020\">Daily GAS discussion<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/RNNfEBEbQS\">this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Zipper Lines Sudoku by Bill Murphy will have you thinking about how to link pairs of cells together sometimes, helping you zip to the solution when everything fits. PDF or solve online (using SudokuPad) Theme: One Rizla Author\/Opus: This is the 4th puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team. 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