{"id":36163,"date":"2026-08-07T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36163"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:43:28","slug":"deficit-sudoku-by-philip-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/deficit-sudoku-by-philip-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Deficit Sudoku by Philip Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)
\nThis Deficit Sudoku puzzle suffers from number deficiency anemia and needs a numeral infusion — stat!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Deficit<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Anemia<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 143rd puzzle from Philip Newman, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Deficit Sudoku<\/a> rules, with numbers from 1-7: Insert a number from 1 to 7 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row or column. Some regions appear with fewer cells than there are numbers in the indicated range. No number repeats in these regions, but not all numbers will appear in each of these regions.<\/p>\n

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): 5:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): 11:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: Hippopotamic Hypselosaurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> 1:35<\/span>, with 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

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0Daily GAS discussion<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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