Cracking The Cryptic | The Miracle Sudoku 3 @CrackingTheCryptic | Uploaded 3 weeks ago | Updated 1 day ago
*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Ever since the first Miracle Sudoku all those years ago, constructors have come up with ingenious ways of creating puzzles with blank or almost blank grids. Almost all of these puzzles, unsurprisingly, need complicated rules to create the necessary constraints to make the sudoku a) unique and b) humanly-solvable. Michael Lefkowitz has come up with something astonishing. It's called Little Wonder and, despite having nothing in the overlapping grids at all, there are only two short sentences of rules. (The rules are so short we put them in headlines in the thumbnail!!) Oh, and it only has a 1/5 difficulty rating!!!!
Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/objjs2ndf1
Rules:
In each N-by-N grid, normal N-by-N sudoku rules apply. The indicated diagonals have the same sum.
(Normal sudoku rules in a grid of size NxN: Place the digits 1 to N, once each, into every row, column and region.)
*** OUR RECENT "THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE" STREAM ***
We had a blast playing this very original and Monty Python-esque game. You can watch here:
youtube.com/live/zgaMQV1iLDo
Please be aware that this game does involve a couple of swear words so please don't watch if it may offend you.
*** STRATFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL: LIVE CRACKING THE CRYPTIC ***
If you're interested in watching a live episode of Cracking The Cryptic and meeting us in real life then there is a link to the live show we're doing on 27 October at 10am at the Stratford Literary Festival below. We aren't sure how many tickets are available so please do book early if you are keen to go.
stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/simon-anthony-and-mark-goodliffe
*** NEW SUDOKU HUNT JUST RELEASED ***
We've launched a brand new competition - a sudoku hunt based on Hollywood sandwiches! Check it out for as little as $2/month here:
patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
There's also a new solve of Jay Dyer's brutal sudoku: Repeat Prescription
Other treats on Patreon include:
- The Lord Of The Rings Sudoku Hunt by Blobz (and Simon's solve videos)
- Simon's solve of Sky-Skyscraper by Phistomefel has just been uploaded for our patrons.
- Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword
- Mark's latest series of solves of Connections, the daily New York Times puzzle based on the Only Connect wall game.
▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀
You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:
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
ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music and puzzle intro
2:06 Patreon competition closing date tomorrow
2:56 Happy Birthdays
6:45 Rules
7:52 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
▶ Contact Us ◀
Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic
email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Our PO Box address:
Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe
Box 102
56 Gloucester Road
London
SW7 4UB
(Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.)
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teespring.com/en-GB/stores/cracking-the-cryptic
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: @crypticcracking
Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): instagram.com/crackingthecryptic/?hl=en
We also post the Wordle In A Minute videos on TikTok.
#sudoku, #miracle, #puzzle
*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Ever since the first Miracle Sudoku all those years ago, constructors have come up with ingenious ways of creating puzzles with blank or almost blank grids. Almost all of these puzzles, unsurprisingly, need complicated rules to create the necessary constraints to make the sudoku a) unique and b) humanly-solvable. Michael Lefkowitz has come up with something astonishing. It's called Little Wonder and, despite having nothing in the overlapping grids at all, there are only two short sentences of rules. (The rules are so short we put them in headlines in the thumbnail!!) Oh, and it only has a 1/5 difficulty rating!!!!
Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/objjs2ndf1
Rules:
In each N-by-N grid, normal N-by-N sudoku rules apply. The indicated diagonals have the same sum.
(Normal sudoku rules in a grid of size NxN: Place the digits 1 to N, once each, into every row, column and region.)
*** OUR RECENT "THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE" STREAM ***
We had a blast playing this very original and Monty Python-esque game. You can watch here:
youtube.com/live/zgaMQV1iLDo
Please be aware that this game does involve a couple of swear words so please don't watch if it may offend you.
*** STRATFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL: LIVE CRACKING THE CRYPTIC ***
If you're interested in watching a live episode of Cracking The Cryptic and meeting us in real life then there is a link to the live show we're doing on 27 October at 10am at the Stratford Literary Festival below. We aren't sure how many tickets are available so please do book early if you are keen to go.
stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/simon-anthony-and-mark-goodliffe
*** NEW SUDOKU HUNT JUST RELEASED ***
We've launched a brand new competition - a sudoku hunt based on Hollywood sandwiches! Check it out for as little as $2/month here:
patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
There's also a new solve of Jay Dyer's brutal sudoku: Repeat Prescription
Other treats on Patreon include:
- The Lord Of The Rings Sudoku Hunt by Blobz (and Simon's solve videos)
- Simon's solve of Sky-Skyscraper by Phistomefel has just been uploaded for our patrons.
- Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword
- Mark's latest series of solves of Connections, the daily New York Times puzzle based on the Only Connect wall game.
▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀
You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:
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
ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music and puzzle intro
2:06 Patreon competition closing date tomorrow
2:56 Happy Birthdays
6:45 Rules
7:52 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
▶ Contact Us ◀
Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic
email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Our PO Box address:
Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe
Box 102
56 Gloucester Road
London
SW7 4UB
(Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.)
**************************************************************
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
discord.gg/BbN89j5
▶ OUR BACK CATALOGUE – ALL CATEGORISED WITH LINKS!◀
tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶ *NEW* CRACKING THE CRYPTIC MERCHANDISE◀
teespring.com/en-GB/stores/cracking-the-cryptic
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: @crypticcracking
Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): instagram.com/crackingthecryptic/?hl=en
We also post the Wordle In A Minute videos on TikTok.
#sudoku, #miracle, #puzzle
