A Sudoku Of Astonishingly Beautiful Lines

** NEW SUDOKU HUNT COMPETITION THIS AFTERNOON **
October's sudoku hunt competition launched at 4pm today. An approachable, Halloween-themed, Japanese Sum-fest from The Paint By Numbers Institute called Caroline's Halloween Adventure.

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Tonight's sudoku is called Zip-Pea and it's just fanastic. It's by sujoyku and it's only 2/5 for difficulty but it's SO fun to solve. Don't miss this one, you'll see what we mean if you try it! (A reminder too that we're streaming at 10pm UK time TONIGHT!)

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/mqx8o45al4

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Pea lines: The sum of the digits on a line strictly between two circles is equal to a concatenation of the two values in the circles, in some order. For instance, 3_346_1 could be a valid split pea line, as 3+4+6=13, which is 1 concatenated with 3. Zipper lines: Cells on a lavender line at an equal distance to the centre, which is marked with a dot, sum to the digit at the centre. (Note: The circles of pea lines are NOT part of the zipper lines. Ie the pea lines are green and lavender but the zipper lines are only the lavender parts.)

** NEW STREAM COMING UP TOMORROW **
We're going to be solving puzzles from our 600k Subscriber Pack on 1 October at 10pm UK time. We'd love to have your company. Link below:

https://youtube.com/live/mehmQGqIXIg?...

** 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.

https://www.stratfordliteraryfestival...

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Intro music and puzzle intro
1:19 Robert Jenrick's broken sudoku
2:49 We're streaming TONIGHT
4:04 New Patreon competition TODAY
4:57 Happy Birthdays
7:19 Rules
10:02 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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