600,000: Like 300 only 2000 times better

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Dorlir, a maths professor, sets incredible puzzles and he's been kind enough to put together this one to celebrate CtC reaching 600,000 subscribers on YouTube! And it's absolutely brilliant. The only thing we weren't quite certain about was the rules so you can play the puzzle with two versions!

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/MBJ89f8h9D

Rules:
[These are the rules Simon assumed when solving the puzzle.]

Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive. Draw a snake in the grid which must start and end at grey circles. The snake is a one-cell-wide path of orthogonally connected cells which may touch itself diagonally but not orthogonally. Boxes are numbered in normal reading order. If the snake passes through box N, then the digit N must be part of the snake in that box. The snake cannot pass through a white dot. Finally, the product of the digits along the snake is equal to 600,000.

[A slightly easier version would read as follows...]
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive. Draw a snake in the grid which must start and end at grey circles. The snake is a one-cell-wide path of orthogonally connected cells which may touch itself diagonally but not orthogonally. Boxes are numbered in normal reading order. If the snake passes through box N, then the digit N must be part of the snake in that box. The snake cannot enter any cell touched by a white dot. Finally, the product of the digits along the snake is equal to 600,000.

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 :)

  / ctc-600k-pack-106717179  

** 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!

  / crackingthecryptic  

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:

https://youtube.com/live/WcqUhQkwUSY

▶ 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:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s...

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”


▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:21 Paws' 6x6 Sudoku Hunt
2:03 Rules
4:56 Rules controversy :)
6:46 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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