The Hardest Puzzle Of The Year

*** NEW PATREON SUDOKU HUNT JUST OUT *** We’ve just released our December monthly reward - The Cryptic Scriptures Of The Secret Snake Society - a sudoku hunt featuring nearly 20 puzzles by some of the greatest setters on the planet. Anyone who solves them all gets shoutout! Remember that patrons gets access to their own special channel on the CtC Fan Discord server - where you can find hints ;) *** TODAY’S PUZZLE *** There is a lot we could say about Rosette by Gliperal. It is undoubtedly one of the cleverest puzzles we’ve ever seen. It also must be one of the hardest! Simon very nearly turns the video off... Play it at the link below: Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along grey “fast“ thermometers must increase by at least 2 at a time starting from the bulb end. The large red ring is made up on 5 normal thermometers glued tip-to-bulb. ie travelling clockwise around it, digits must increase with no more than 5 exceptions. *** NEW GAS PACK IS OUT *** The new GAS pack is out on Steam for PC here: It’s already out on Android and App Store. 60 original puzzles by Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Clover and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles! We’ve also released a FREE app full of handmade puzzles to celebrate reaching 500k subscribers - simply download the Cracking The Cryptic app on Android, Steam or App Store and then select the 500k pack. We’re streaming a playthrough of this app and you can watch all seven episodes ▶ 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’.) ▶ SUDOKU PAD - Our New App ◀ 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” ************************************************************** ▶ 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 @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times):