{"id":35771,"date":"2026-05-27T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=35771"},"modified":"2026-05-26T06:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:52:49","slug":"diagonal-killer-sudoku-by-philip-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/diagonal-killer-sudoku-by-philip-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagonal Killer 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>This Diagonal Killer Sudoku is a nod to the season 8 premiere of a certain comedy game show that shall remain nameless so as not to draw the ire of network censors. <\/em><\/p>\n<p align='center'><img src='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260527-DiagonalKillerSudoku-StandardAndPractical.png' alt='Diagonal Killer Sudoku by Philip Newman' \/><\/p>\n<p align='center'><a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260527-DiagonalKillerSudoku-StandardAndPractical.pdf'>PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/s\/260527Stan'>solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Standard and Practical<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 121st 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\/sudoku-rules-and-info\/'>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). Numbers cannot repeat on the marked diagonals. 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'>8:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style='color: white;background-color: white'>15:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style='color: white;background-color: white'>Loquacious Lingwulong<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style='color: white;background-color: white'>4:54<\/span>, with <a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/sudokupad-Philip_New-2026_05_27_Standard_and_Practi-a1199-d295.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\/260527-DiagonalKillerSudoku-StandardAndPractical-soln.pdf'>PDF<\/a>; solving video with explanation to be added later 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 Diagonal Killer Sudoku is a nod to the season 8 premiere of a certain comedy game show that shall remain nameless so as not to draw the ire of network censors. 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