{"id":35049,"date":"2026-02-18T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=35049"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:32:46","slug":"killer-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/killer-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer 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>Another day, another Killer puzzle. Are clover! and Bill secretly working together to plant sum challenges for everyone to get up and solve?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260218-KillerSudoku-GetUp.png\" alt=\"Killer Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260218-KillerSudoku-GetUp.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/260218GetU\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Get Up<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 86th 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). 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.<\/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;\">7:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">13:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">New Neuquenraptor<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\">3:19<\/span>, with <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Get_Up-a919-d200.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\/puzzles2026\/260218-KillerSudoku-GetUp-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FSinPfPMCbI\">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\/killersudoku\/\">Killer Sudoku<\/a> and this link for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/sudoku-3+classic\/\">classic Sudoku<\/a>. More Killer Sudoku puzzles can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/killer-sudoku\"><i>Killer Sudoku<\/i> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli<\/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.) Another day, another Killer puzzle. Are clover! and Bill secretly working together to plant sum challenges for everyone to get up and solve? 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