{"id":33875,"date":"2025-08-15T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33875"},"modified":"2025-08-16T06:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T13:12:24","slug":"before-nine-sudoku-by-clover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Nine Sudoku by clover!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)
\nHow many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Before<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)
\nor solve online<\/a> (using Penpa-Plus)<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 45th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. The clues outside the grid reveal the total sum of numbers before the 9 in that direction from the row or column.<\/p>\n

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): 7:30<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): 14:00<\/span>\u00a0All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: mathy Monkonosaurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> 3:14<\/span>, with Penpa Plus replay<\/a> this time.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> and solving video<\/a> with explanation from GAS team.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0Daily GAS discussion<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.) How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover! PDF or solve online (using SudokuPad) or solve online (using Penpa-Plus) Author\/Opus: This is the 45th puzzle from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,126],"tags":[8,15,56,237],"class_list":["post-33875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-puzzle","category-othersudoku","tag-sudoku-3","tag-wednesdaythursday","tag-variation-2","tag-gas"],"yoast_head":"\nBefore Nine Sudoku by clover! - The Art of Puzzles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Before Nine Sudoku by clover! - The Art of Puzzles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Art of Puzzles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T07:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T13:12:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Clover\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@drsudoku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@drsudoku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Clover\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Clover\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18e8374ccaf31b1bfa1dc36c28c5c56d\"},\"headline\":\"Before Nine Sudoku by clover!\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T07:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-16T13:12:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/images\\\/puzzles2025\\\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png\",\"keywords\":[\"sudoku\",\"wed\\\/thurs\",\"variation\",\"gas\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Puzzle\",\"Other Sudoku\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/\",\"name\":\"Before Nine Sudoku by clover! - The Art of Puzzles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/images\\\/puzzles2025\\\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T07:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-16T13:12:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18e8374ccaf31b1bfa1dc36c28c5c56d\"},\"description\":\"How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/images\\\/puzzles2025\\\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/images\\\/puzzles2025\\\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Before Nine Sudoku by clover!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Art of Puzzles\",\"description\":\"Grandmaster Puzzles\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18e8374ccaf31b1bfa1dc36c28c5c56d\",\"name\":\"Clover\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f13415f99fbfe56782538f36a02829b51ec31e58312ac076d809c72d6d0e3ab4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f13415f99fbfe56782538f36a02829b51ec31e58312ac076d809c72d6d0e3ab4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f13415f99fbfe56782538f36a02829b51ec31e58312ac076d809c72d6d0e3ab4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Clover\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gmpuzzles.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/clover\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Before Nine Sudoku by clover! - The Art of Puzzles","description":"How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Before Nine Sudoku by clover! - The Art of Puzzles","og_description":"How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/","og_site_name":"The Art of Puzzles","article_published_time":"2025-08-15T07:00:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-16T13:12:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Clover","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@drsudoku","twitter_site":"@drsudoku","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Clover","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/"},"author":{"name":"Clover","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18e8374ccaf31b1bfa1dc36c28c5c56d"},"headline":"Before Nine Sudoku by clover!","datePublished":"2025-08-15T07:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-16T13:12:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/"},"wordCount":202,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png","keywords":["sudoku","wed\/thurs","variation","gas"],"articleSection":["Puzzle","Other Sudoku"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/","name":"Before Nine Sudoku by clover! - The Art of Puzzles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png","datePublished":"2025-08-15T07:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-16T13:12:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18e8374ccaf31b1bfa1dc36c28c5c56d"},"description":"How many numbers can you fit in before each nine in this grid? The outside clues will tell you in this variation on Sudoku by clover!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250815-BeforeNineSudoku.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/before-nine-sudoku-by-clover\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Before Nine Sudoku by clover!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/","name":"The Art of Puzzles","description":"Grandmaster Puzzles","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18e8374ccaf31b1bfa1dc36c28c5c56d","name":"Clover","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f13415f99fbfe56782538f36a02829b51ec31e58312ac076d809c72d6d0e3ab4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f13415f99fbfe56782538f36a02829b51ec31e58312ac076d809c72d6d0e3ab4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f13415f99fbfe56782538f36a02829b51ec31e58312ac076d809c72d6d0e3ab4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Clover"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/author\/clover\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33875"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33896,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33875\/revisions\/33896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}