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Here's where you can play Climbing The Stairs by Aad van de Wetering: https://sudokupad.app/j3j5t378kj
Normal sudoku rules apply. Starting in a corner, along the grey stairs the difference between the first pair of digits is at least 2, the next pair at least 3, then at least 4 etc. Moreover the first and last digits are equal.
Come & see Simon & Mark in person at the Stratford(-upon-Avon) 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
October’s Patreon reward is a treat (no tricks!) – Caroline’s Halloween Adventure by the PBN Institute! It’s just $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month or higher for solution videos. Lots of other great content available, including crosswords, other sudoku solves, and Rockratzero’s excellent “600K Bang!” There is also a patreon-only channel on our discord for help with the puzzles. We appreciate your support!
▶ ALL OUR APPS ◀
All our apps are full of hand-crafted sudoku puzzles by some of the best constructors in the world. The main app includes Domino, Lines, GAS, and some free sets, and the brand-new Approachable Sudoku featuring Florian Wortmann, Wessel Strijkstra, Can Erturan, Mr. Menace, & James Sinclair. Other stand-alone apps include Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, and Sandwich. Find links to them all on our webpage: crackingthecryptic.com/#apps
▶NEWEST: Cracking the Cryptic’s Approachable Sudoku! ◀
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
▶ 600k Celebration pack ◀ 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. Watch the live stream(s) to see us solve some of these!
▶ HOLIDAY SHOPPING? Check out our books and merchandise, perfect gifts for the sudoku-lover in your life (or for yourself)!! ◀
Merchandise: cracking-the-cryptic.creator-spring.com
Books: https://coffeebean.games/product-category/cracking-the-cryptic/ Cracking the Cryptic’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and Vol 2, as well as the e-book editions of Fog of War (regular and deluxe editions), are all available!
▶ 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
#solvingsudoku #logicpuzzles
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
1:47 Rules of today’s puzzle
2:31 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
Here's where you can play Climbing The Stairs by Aad van de Wetering: https://sudokupad.app/j3j5t378kj
Normal sudoku rules apply. Starting in a corner, along the grey stairs the difference between the first pair of digits is at least 2, the next pair at least 3, then at least 4 etc. Moreover the first and last digits are equal.
Come & see Simon & Mark in person at the Stratford(-upon-Avon) 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
October’s Patreon reward is a treat (no tricks!) – Caroline’s Halloween Adventure by the PBN Institute! It’s just $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month or higher for solution videos. Lots of other great content available, including crosswords, other sudoku solves, and Rockratzero’s excellent “600K Bang!” There is also a patreon-only channel on our discord for help with the puzzles. We appreciate your support!
▶ ALL OUR APPS ◀
All our apps are full of hand-crafted sudoku puzzles by some of the best constructors in the world. The main app includes Domino, Lines, GAS, and some free sets, and the brand-new Approachable Sudoku featuring Florian Wortmann, Wessel Strijkstra, Can Erturan, Mr. Menace, & James Sinclair. Other stand-alone apps include Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, and Sandwich. Find links to them all on our webpage: crackingthecryptic.com/#apps
▶NEWEST: Cracking the Cryptic’s Approachable Sudoku! ◀
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
▶ 600k Celebration pack ◀ 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. Watch the live stream(s) to see us solve some of these!
▶ HOLIDAY SHOPPING? Check out our books and merchandise, perfect gifts for the sudoku-lover in your life (or for yourself)!! ◀
Merchandise: cracking-the-cryptic.creator-spring.com
Books: https://coffeebean.games/product-category/cracking-the-cryptic/ Cracking the Cryptic’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and Vol 2, as well as the e-book editions of Fog of War (regular and deluxe editions), are all available!
▶ 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
#solvingsudoku #logicpuzzles
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
1:47 Rules of today’s puzzle
2:31 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
