{"id":36130,"date":"2026-08-03T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36130"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:13:20","slug":"outside-sudoku-by-bill-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/outside-sudoku-by-bill-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside 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>A lot of similar clues somehow are enlacing together to tie all the logical threads up in this Outside Sudoku.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align='center'><img src='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260803-OutsideSudoku-Enlacing.png' alt='Outside Sudoku by Bill Murphy' width=500 \/><\/p>\n<p align='center'><a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260803-OutsideSudoku-Enlacing.pdf'>PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/s\/260803Enla'>solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Enlacing<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 144th 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>\u00a0Standard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/outside-sudoku-rules-and-info\/\">Outside Sudoku<\/a>\u00a0rules: Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Some numbers are given outside the grid. These numbers must appear in the first three cells in the corresponding direction.<\/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\">Clipping Chasmosaurus<\/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\/puzzles2026\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Enlacing-a897-d149.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\/260803-OutsideSudoku-Enlacing-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a>; solving video with explanation to be added later from GAS team.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b>\u00a0Follow this link for more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/outsidesudoku\/\">Outside Sudoku puzzles<\/a>. More Outside Sudoku puzzles can be found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/masterpiece-sudoku-mix-4-outside-sudoku\"><i>Masterpiece Sudoku Mix 4<\/i><\/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.) A lot of similar clues somehow are enlacing together to tie all the logical threads up in this Outside Sudoku. 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