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It's Wypman's birthday! Here's where you can try his XV Ballpit: https://sudokupad.app/hb3fq3jqP2
Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits do not repeat and sum to the number shown.
There are 5 types of balls in the grid:
A: 1 set of digits around it must sum to 10
B: 2 sets of digits around it must sum to 10
C: 1 set of digits around it must sum to 5
D: 2 sets of digits around it must sum to 5
E: 1 set of digits must sum to 5, 1 set of 2 digits must sum to 10
A ‘set of digits’ always contains 2 orthogonally connected digits. No digit is part of 2 sets on the same circle, but it may be part of sets on different circles. There are no negative constraints, so other pairs may add to 5 or 10 around circles or elsewhere.
Come & see Simon & Mark in person at the Stratford Literary Festival! Tickets available here: stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/simon-anthony-and-mark-goodliffe
▶ OUR PATREON PAGE – JOIN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US AND TRY OUR PUZZLE HUNTS◀
patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
We have a real treat (no trick) coming up on the first of October for our monthly Patreon reward – the PBN Institute will take us out for Halloween on a night to remember! (If you don’t know what this means, join us to find out!) It’s just $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month or higher for solution videos. Lots of other great content available, including Rockratzero’s excellent “600K Bang!” There is also a patreon-only channel on our discord for help with the puzzles. We appreciate your support!
▶OUT NOW: Cracking the Cryptic’s Approachable Sudoku! ◀
Use our main app (completely free) to buy this brand new pack, featuring puzzles by Florian Wortmann, Wessel Strijkstra, Can Erturan, Mr Menace & James Sinclair.
AppStore apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3165750/Cracking_the_Cryptic__Approachable_Sudoku_1
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic
Our main app also contains paid packs featuring Domino, Lines, and GAS puzzles, with a few special free sets as well! All the puzzles are hand-crafted by us and some of the best constructors in the world, with hints by Simon and Mark.
AppStore and Android: Links above
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2085970/Cracking_the_Cryptic
▶ ALL OUR OTHER APPS ◀
All our apps contain handmade sudoku puzzles by ourselves and many of the best constructors in the world, with hints. Links are ALL here: crackingthecryptic.com/#apps or search for Cracking the Cryptic and the app name on your favourite app provider: Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, Sandwich.
▶ 600k Celebration pack ◀ Amazingly, we passed 600k subscribers! To celebrate, we have released a special puzzle pack containing puzzles by some familiar names among constructors featured on this channel. You can get this collection on our Patreon site (link above) absolutely free of charge. Thank you very much for joining us in this wonderful community of setters and solvers.
▶ Find our merchandise here: ◀
cracking-the-cryptic.creator-spring.com
▶ SUDOKU PAD ◀ Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles:
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad
Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
discord.gg/BbN89j5
▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀
tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: #crypticcracking
@crypticcracking
Instagram @crackingthecryptic
▶Credits◀
Music: Tim McCaskey (Guitar) or Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Joel Blundell
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
1:57 Rules of today’s puzzle
4:40 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
It's Wypman's birthday! Here's where you can try his XV Ballpit: https://sudokupad.app/hb3fq3jqP2
Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits do not repeat and sum to the number shown.
There are 5 types of balls in the grid:
A: 1 set of digits around it must sum to 10
B: 2 sets of digits around it must sum to 10
C: 1 set of digits around it must sum to 5
D: 2 sets of digits around it must sum to 5
E: 1 set of digits must sum to 5, 1 set of 2 digits must sum to 10
A ‘set of digits’ always contains 2 orthogonally connected digits. No digit is part of 2 sets on the same circle, but it may be part of sets on different circles. There are no negative constraints, so other pairs may add to 5 or 10 around circles or elsewhere.
Come & see Simon & Mark in person at the Stratford Literary Festival! Tickets available here: stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/simon-anthony-and-mark-goodliffe
▶ OUR PATREON PAGE – JOIN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US AND TRY OUR PUZZLE HUNTS◀
patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
We have a real treat (no trick) coming up on the first of October for our monthly Patreon reward – the PBN Institute will take us out for Halloween on a night to remember! (If you don’t know what this means, join us to find out!) It’s just $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month or higher for solution videos. Lots of other great content available, including Rockratzero’s excellent “600K Bang!” There is also a patreon-only channel on our discord for help with the puzzles. We appreciate your support!
▶OUT NOW: Cracking the Cryptic’s Approachable Sudoku! ◀
Use our main app (completely free) to buy this brand new pack, featuring puzzles by Florian Wortmann, Wessel Strijkstra, Can Erturan, Mr Menace & James Sinclair.
AppStore apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3165750/Cracking_the_Cryptic__Approachable_Sudoku_1
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic
Our main app also contains paid packs featuring Domino, Lines, and GAS puzzles, with a few special free sets as well! All the puzzles are hand-crafted by us and some of the best constructors in the world, with hints by Simon and Mark.
AppStore and Android: Links above
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2085970/Cracking_the_Cryptic
▶ ALL OUR OTHER APPS ◀
All our apps contain handmade sudoku puzzles by ourselves and many of the best constructors in the world, with hints. Links are ALL here: crackingthecryptic.com/#apps or search for Cracking the Cryptic and the app name on your favourite app provider: Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, Sandwich.
▶ 600k Celebration pack ◀ Amazingly, we passed 600k subscribers! To celebrate, we have released a special puzzle pack containing puzzles by some familiar names among constructors featured on this channel. You can get this collection on our Patreon site (link above) absolutely free of charge. Thank you very much for joining us in this wonderful community of setters and solvers.
▶ Find our merchandise here: ◀
cracking-the-cryptic.creator-spring.com
▶ SUDOKU PAD ◀ Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles:
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad
Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
discord.gg/BbN89j5
▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀
tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: #crypticcracking
@crypticcracking
Instagram @crackingthecryptic
▶Credits◀
Music: Tim McCaskey (Guitar) or Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Joel Blundell
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
1:57 Rules of today’s puzzle
4:40 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
