{"id":36469,"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36469"},"modified":"2026-09-12T07:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:38:49","slug":"either-or-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/either-or-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Either\/Or 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>The clues in this Either\/Or Sudoku are arranged somewhat like a pinwheel. Will you breeze through this puzzle, or will it leave you spinning <b>your<\/b> wheels? <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260914-EitherOrSudoku-SoundsWeCannotHear.png\" alt=\"Either Or Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/260914-EitherOrSudoku-SoundsWeCannotHear.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/s\/260914Soun\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Sounds We Cannot Hear<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 158th 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> 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). Also, the numbers given on the edges between cells must belong to one of those two adjacent cells.<\/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 an \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white;background-color: white\">Usona Urbacodon<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white;background-color: white\">3:06<\/span>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Sounds_We_Cannot_Hear-a1037-d186.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\/260914-EitherOrSudoku-SoundsWeCannotHear-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/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>\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.) The clues in this Either\/Or Sudoku are arranged somewhat like a pinwheel. Will you breeze through this puzzle, or will it leave you spinning your wheels? 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