{"id":36173,"date":"2026-08-10T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36173"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:26:52","slug":"surplus-sudoku-by-philip-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/surplus-sudoku-by-philip-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Surplus Sudoku by Philip Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)
\nThe regions in this Surplus Sudoku are breaking out with repeated digits. No treatments exist yet for this illness, so it must simply run its course. Can you determine where the pesky duplicates will pop up?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Surplus<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 144th puzzle from Philip Newman, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Surplus 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 more cells than there are numbers in the indicated range. Some number(s) repeat in these regions, but all numbers in the indicated range must appear at least once within each of these regions.<\/p>\n

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): 9:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): 20:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn an \ud83e\udd95: Irish Iuticosaurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> 2:08<\/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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