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(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)
\nThere is something extra going on to organize the numbers in each Killer cage in this “Hidden Arrows” variation by clover! Can you calculate all the numbers to get to the solution?<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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

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

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 50th puzzle from Clover, 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 sum of the numbers in each cage must equal the value given in the upper-left corner of that cage. Numbers cannot repeat inside a cage. Each cage has a hidden arrow (as in Arrow Sudoku) with a circled cell at one end of the cage and an arrow path that travels through edge-adjacent cells through all other cells in the cage. The value in the circled cell must equal the sum of all other numbers in the cage (as would be on the arrow\u2019s path).
\n(For example, in this puzzle, either R4C3 = R4C4+R4C5 or R4C5 = R4C4+R4C3.)<\/p>\n

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): 6:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): 11:00<\/span>.\u00a0All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: bowing Bistahieversor<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> 2:01<\/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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