{"id":34468,"date":"2025-11-11T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=34468"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:54:42","slug":"consecutive-clones-sudoku-by-bill-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/consecutive-clones-sudoku-by-bill-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Consecutive Clones 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 variation on Clone Sudoku and Consecutive Pairs type variations has you thinking of linked cells that are just one apart. Will you find the right series of thoughts to solve the puzzle?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/251111-ConsecutiveClonesSudoku.png\" alt=\"Consecutive Clones Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/251111-ConsecutiveClonesSudoku.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/251111ConC\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 53rd 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> Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Additionally, for each shaded, connected shape (\u201cclone\u201d) in the grid, numbers in the same position must differ by exactly 1 (i.e., be consecutive). (For example, because R4C5 = 2, R8C5 must contain either a 1 or 3.)<\/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;\">8:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">14:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">Advertised Angolatitan <\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">2:52<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Consecutive_Clones-a884-d173.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\/251111-ConsecutiveClonesSudoku-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/heA0B7SBIuU\">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 variation on Clone Sudoku and Consecutive Pairs type variations has you thinking of linked cells that are just one apart. Will you find the right series of thoughts to solve the puzzle? 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