{"id":33906,"date":"2025-08-20T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33906"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:49:27","slug":"bust-sudoku-by-philip-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/bust-sudoku-by-philip-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Bust Sudoku by Philip Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)
\nThis puzzle combines regular Sudoku logic with ideas from the card game Blackjack. Tell us in the comments if you think it is a hit or not?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Bust<\/p>\n

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

or solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Bust a Move<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 28th puzzle from Philip Newman, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Sudoku<\/a> rules: Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Also, the clues outside the grid are inspired by Blackjack and show when a player has gone \u201cBust\u201d. Specifically, for a clue N, the sum of the first N numbers in that direction in that row or column is larger than 21, but this is not true for the first N-1 numbers which will have a sum of 21 or less. <\/p>\n

(In this puzzle, for example, the clue at the top of column 8 means the sum of R1-5C8 > 21 but the sum of R1-4C8 is \u2264 21.)<\/p>\n

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): 8:30<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): 18:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: August Apatodon<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> 3:51<\/span>, with 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

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":"

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