Artisanal Sudoku, Volume 190

1. Spectacle

• Normal sudoku rules apply (fill each row, column, and 3x3 box with the digits 1-9 once each), and all clues are standard.

• Cages: the sum of the digits inside each cage is equal to the small number in the top left corner.

• Arrows: the sum of the digits along an arrow is equal to the digit in the connected circle.

• Very rough difficulty estimate: 3/10

Play online: SudokuPad | unshaded

New to variant sudoku? Check out these beginner-friendly guides to cages and other popular rulesets.

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2. Crosscheck

• Normal sudoku rules apply (fill each row, column, and 3x3 box with the digits 1-9 once each), and all clues are standard.

• Region sum lines: box borders divide each blue line into segments with the same sum (borders between segments are marked by small blue circles).

• German whispers: along green lines, digits differ from their neighbors by at least 5.

• Digits in cells with a shaded circle are odd.

• Very rough difficulty estimate: 5/10

Play online: SudokuPad

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3. Snifter

• Normal sudoku rules apply (fill each row, column, and 3x3 box with the digits 1-9 once each), and all clues are standard.

• Renban lines: purple lines contain a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.

• Palindromes: gray lines are palindromes, which contain the same sequence of digits in either direction.

• Digits in cells with a shaded circle are odd.

• Digits in cells separated by a V sum to 5.

• Digits in cells separated by an X sum to 10.

• Very rough difficulty estimates: 8/10, 5/10

Play online: SudokuPad

Extra clues: SudokuPad

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Some other puzzles I enjoyed this week:

• Quandaries, by Michael Lefkowitz

• Hospital Corners, by FDMaFC

• Almost Correct, by TVDK

• The 20s are For Figuring Things Out, by Justalilguy

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