Artisanal Sudoku, Volume 20

Exciting news! The premium version of Artisanal Sudoku is launching in two weeks. Details after the first puzzle.

1. Compass

• Fill each row, column, and 3x3 box with the digits 1-9 once each.

• The sum of the digits inside each cage is equal to the small number in the top left corner. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.

• On thermometers, digits increase from the bulb.

• Very rough difficulty estimate: 3/10

Play online: SudokuPad | unshaded | F-Puzzles | unshaded

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So, about that premium version. For just $5/month, you can get:

• Five new puzzles every Monday, starting June 6,

• Hints and tips (which will no longer be included in the free version), and

• Full access to the archive (which is currently available to everyone, but in the very near future posts more than a month old will be put behind the paywall).

Click the link below to sign up!

(There’s also, because Substack gives me the option, a “Founding Member” plan, and if you sign up for that one I will absolutely make a personalized puzzle for your birthday or some other occasion.)

Anyway, if for any reason you’re happy to stick with the free version, that’s great too. The puzzles will keep coming, and I’m grateful for the chance to share them with you. But—it should go without saying, and yet, here I am saying it—the more paid subscribers, the more time and energy and resources I can afford to put into making the best puzzles I can possibly make. Speaking of which…