When The Sudoku Moriarty Brings His Friends...

*** TODAY’S PUZZLE *** A terrifying prospect today in the form of the great zetamath teaming up with his friends to create a puzzle!! This means the combined IQ devoted to the construction of this sudoku will be prodigious - and it also means the sheer quality in play will be staggering. Don’t watch the football - this is much more fun! Play the puzzle at the link below: A colour-blind friendly version of the grid is also available at this link but you’ll need the full version of the rules included below: Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Additionally, in this puzzle digits cannot repeat on a line. Digits along a grey line can be broken into non-overlapping segments whose digits sum to ten. Eg 71246 is a valid fill for a length 5 line, because it can be broken into 712 and 46, each of which sum to 10. Along a green line, adjacent digits must differ by at least 5. Along a blue line, the 3x3 box borders divide the line into segments; each segment’s digits have the same sum. (Different lines can have different sums.) eg r5c2 r4c2 = r3c2 r3c3 r2c3 = r2c4 r2c5 r2c6. The sum of the digits along a line connecting two circles is equal to the sum of the digits in the circles. In this puzzle, digits can’t repeat in any of these five cells. Any three adjacent digits along a teal line must include one digit from 147, one from 258, and one from 369. Any three adjacent digits along a peach line must include one digit from 123, one from 456, and one from 789. Along red lines, each pair of adjacent digits must have one even and one odd digit. Thanks to all of you who have helped us achieve the milestone of 600,000 subscribers on YouTube. Below you can find a link to a free puzzle pack we have curated to celebrate :) *** NEW SUDOKU HUNT BY PAWS RELEASED 1 JULY *** We’ve just launched a brand new competition - a sudoku hunt by Paws featuring lots of smaller-sized sudokus. It’s intended to be a bit easier than usual as July is a holiday month for many of us so do have a go, especially if you’re new to variant sudoku! We’ve also got a new series of linked sudokus from rockratzero just out! 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. *** BRAID STREAM *** You can watch our recent stream at this link: ▶ 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: Steam: Android: ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ▶ Contents Of This Video ◀ 0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro 1:21 Football vs Sudoku 1:37 Simon’s New Phistomefel Video 2:43 Happy Birthdays 3:54 Rules 9:27 Start of Solve: Let’s Get Cracking ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@ 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◀ ▶ OUR BACK CATALOGUE – ALL CATEGORISED WITH LINKS!◀ ▶ *NEW* CRACKING THE CRYPTIC MERCHANDISE◀ ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ crackingthecryptic@ ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): We also post the Wordle In A Minute videos on TikTok.