{"id":34066,"date":"2025-09-11T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=34066"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:13:56","slug":"german-whispers-sudoku-by-clover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/german-whispers-sudoku-by-clover\/","title":{"rendered":"German Whispers Sudoku by clover!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This post is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/gas\/\">Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)<br \/>\n<em>With all the similar whispers going in different directions, will you be able to find the approachable logic to reach the unique solution?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250911-GermanWhispersSudoku.png alt=\"German Whispers Sudoku by clover!\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/250911-GermanWhispersSudoku.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/250911Germ\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 54th puzzle from Clover, 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). Adjacent numbers connected by a green line must differ by at least 5.<\/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;\">6:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">11:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">Deutsch Dacentrurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">1:49<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/sudokupad-clover-Sept_11_25_German_Whispers-a533-d110.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\/250911-GermanWhispersSudoku-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8YS6P_QKW9A\">solving video<\/a> with explanation from GAS team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> 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 post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.) With all the similar whispers going in different directions, will you be able to find the approachable logic to reach the unique solution? 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