Is This A Genuine Miracle?

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
What an extraordinary sudoku we have for you today. It's called Miracle Once Again and it's by Sumanta Mukherjee. Sumanta has actually discovered a puzzle (which starts with a completely blank grid) where just a paragraph of rules can lead to a unique solution. It's a really beautiful experience to solve this one. Enjoy!

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/NbqQ2HhP4P

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. (ie place the digits 1-9, once each, in every row, column & 3x3 box). A digit in a circle indicates how many circles contain that digit. Place some circles in the grid such that a box “m” contains exactly “m” number of circles. (Boxes are numbered in normal reading order so the top left box of the grid is box 1, the bottom right box is box 9, etc). ie Box 1 should have 1 circle; box 3 should have 3 circles; etc. If a cell, eg R1C1, contains a circle then all the cells beneath it in the grid (8 cells in this case) must contain circles. No two 9s in the grid can be separated by a single Chess King’s or single Chess Knight’s move; but every 9 must share a diagonal with at least one other 9.

** NEW SANDRA & NALA FOG PACK **
A bonus sudoku pack was released on Patreon this week of 5 fog of war sudokus to celebrate the arrival of spring (in the Northern hemisphere) from Sandra & Nala. It's completely free - just click our Patreon link below.

Other treats on Patreon include:
- the new James Bond sudoku hunt competition;
- Simon's latest forays into the world of Islands Of Insight;
- Mark's video looking at the new OneUp puzzle from Rodolfo Kurchan;
- his solve of Region Geometry by Emre Kolotoğlu (3hr 36min long...!);
- and Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music, Puzzle reveal & Rules
4:08 New Dungeons & Diagrams sudoku & video!!
5:43 Leonie's Hip
5:58 Aaron's Weight Loss
7:07 Happy Birthdays
9:28 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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