{"id":36807,"date":"2026-11-07T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=36807"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:14:53","slug":"either-or-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/either-or-sudoku-by-bill-murphy-3\/","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>&#8220;The Multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little.&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Stephen Strange in <\/em>Spider-Man: No Way Home | <em>There are no givens in this Either\/Or Sudoku; do you know enough information to solve this multiversal puzzle?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/261107-EitherOrSudoku-CahootingTheMultiverse.png\" alt=\"Either\/Or Sudoku by Bill Murphy\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/261107-EitherOrSudoku-CahootingTheMultiverse.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/s\/261107Caho\">solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Cahooting The Multiverse<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 176th 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\">6:30<\/span>; One party hat (\ud83e\udd73): <span style=\"color: white;background-color: white\">12:00<\/span>. All other solvers earn a \ud83e\udd95: <span style=\"color: white;background-color: white\">Debbie Hagryphus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white;background-color: white\">2:30<\/span>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2026\/sudokupad-Bill_Murph-Cahooting_The_Multiverse-a763-d150.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\/261107-EitherOrSudoku-CahootingTheMultiverse-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.) &#8220;The Multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little.&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Stephen Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home | There are no givens in this Either\/Or Sudoku; do you know enough information to solve this multiversal puzzle? 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