{"id":36439,"date":"2026-09-10T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36439"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:40:51","slug":"slingshot-sudoku-by-clover-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/slingshot-sudoku-by-clover-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Slingshot Sudoku by clover!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS)<\/a> series.)
\nWill your puzzle solving find its target or miss the mark in this Slingshot Sudoku?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Slingshot<\/p>\n

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

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

Theme:<\/b> Short Shot<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 176th puzzle from clover!, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS<\/a>) team.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard 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). Also, there are some \u201cslingshot\u201d cells marked in the grid with a circle and arrow. The circle indicates an adjacent cell whose value will be slingshot in the direction of the arrow. The number in the slingshot cell indicates how many cells away that circled cell\u2019s value lands in the arrow\u2019s direction. (For example, if a 3 is in R1C4 (the slingshot cell), and if the value in R2C4 pointed at by the circle is 5, then there would be another 5 three steps to the left of the slingshot in R1C1.) <\/p>\n

If you solve in SudokuPad, the blunt end of an arrow will serve the same function as a circle shown here.<\/i><\/p>\n

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Two party hats (\ud83c\udfa9\ud83e\udd73): 8:00<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): 15:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: short Sonorasaurus<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> 2:00<\/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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