{"id":34537,"date":"2025-11-21T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=34537"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:03:59","slug":"arrow-sudoku-by-philip-newman-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/arrow-sudoku-by-philip-newman-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrow Sudoku by Philip Newman"},"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>Today&#8217;s Genuinely Approachable Sudoku has a set of numbers all sitting at the ends of some arrows. Can you figure your way back to the start of each of these clues?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/251121-ArrowSudoku-PairadoxOfTheArrow.png alt=\"Arrow Sudoku by Philip Newman\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/251121-ArrowSudoku-PairadoxOfTheArrow.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/251121Pair\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Pairadox of the Arrow<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 59th puzzle from Philip Newman, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (<a href=https:\/\/sudokutheory.com\/gas\/>GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/arrow-sudoku-rules-and-info\/\">Arrow 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). Some arrow shapes are in the grid; the sum of the numbers along the path of each arrow must equal the number in the circled cell. Numbers can repeat within an arrow shape.<\/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;\">14:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">Gaming Gressylosaurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">2:28<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2025\/sudokupad-Philip_New-2025_11_21_Pairadox_of_the_Arr-a723-d138.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\/251121-ArrowSudoku-PairadoxOfTheArrow-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5i4F2XC9kGE\">solving video<\/a> with explanation from GAS team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/arrowsudoku\/\">Arrow Sudoku<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/arrowsudoku+mondaytuesday\/\">easiest Arrow Sudoku<\/a> to get started on. More Arrow Sudoku puzzles can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/search?q=arrow+sudoku\">these books<\/a> in our e-store.<\/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.) Today&#8217;s Genuinely Approachable Sudoku has a set of numbers all sitting at the ends of some arrows. 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