{"id":36154,"date":"2026-08-05T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36154"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:02:42","slug":"elimination-sudoku-by-clover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/elimination-sudoku-by-clover\/","title":{"rendered":"Elimination Sudoku by clover!"},"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>When you&#8217;ve eliminated the impossible (specifically putting the same number in the direction pointed), whatever remains must be the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align='center'><img src='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260805-EliminationSudoku-TheTribeHasSpoken.png' alt='Elimination Sudoku by clover!' \/><\/p>\n<p align='center'><a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260805-EliminationSudoku-TheTribeHasSpoken.pdf'>PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/s\/260805TheT'>solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> The Tribe Has Spoken<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 164th puzzle from Clover, 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 in white arrows must not appear in any other cell in the indicated direction. For instance, the number in R3C6 must not appear in R4C7, R5C8, or R6C9.<\/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'>7:30<\/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'>surviving Spinostropheus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style='color: white;background-color: white'>2:41<\/span>, with <a href='https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/sudokupad-clover-August_5_2026_The_Tribe_Has_Sp-a971-d162.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\/260805-EliminationSudoku-TheTribeHasSpoken-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> Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our <a href='https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/1059513302847336469\/1380897111599616020'>Daily GAS discussion<\/a> post on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click <a href='https:\/\/discord.gg\/RNNfEBEbQS'>this link<\/a> for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.) When you&#8217;ve eliminated the impossible (specifically putting the same number in the direction pointed), whatever remains must be the truth. 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