{"id":34231,"date":"2025-10-03T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=34231"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:51:56","slug":"quadruples-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/quadruples-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadruples Sudoku by Bill Murphy"},"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>This week we have some more Quadruples Sudoku coming, where the clues need to be placed somewhere in the surrounding cells during the solve.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/251003-QuadruplesSudoku-100Horses.png\" alt=\"Quadruples Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/251003-QuadruplesSudoku-100Horses.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/251003Hors\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> 100 Horses<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 40th 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 in white circles must appear in at least one of the four surrounding cells.<\/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;\">5:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">10:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">Cramming Cryolophosaurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">1:50<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-100_Horses-a237-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\/251003-QuadruplesSudoku-100Horses-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hIuwVNDUb3c\">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.) This week we have some more Quadruples Sudoku coming, where the clues need to be placed somewhere in the surrounding cells during the solve. 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