SudokuCon 24-hour Livestream Puzzle Collection

collated by MikoKisai
 What is this?
On November 4-5, 2023, a group of community members hosted a 24-hour puzzle livestream to
raise money for SudokuCon 2025. Thanks to our incredible compiler MikoKisai, the document you’re
looking at right now is a physical record of that event: it contains every one of the puzzles solved
and set during the stream, as well as many others that we received and would have loved to solve,
but didn’t have time for. We’re sharing them all with you now. Enjoy!

Foreword
SudokuCon started as a spark in the back of my brain last summer. Our very first planning meeting
was at the beginning of August, and the first mention of putting on a livestream was at the very end
of August. This team accomplished the amazing feat of getting the livestream on the air in only two
months. I’d like to single out three people without whom the livestream would never have happened.

Clover, you went above and beyond for weeks herding cats. You made the livestream your baby,
managing every aspect of it, and creating a special event that I, for one, will never forget. Thank
you, clover, and I am so looking forward to continuing to work with you on what I’m sure will be only
the first of many SudokuCons.

Gliperal and Sven, without you both we would never have gotten the livestream to actually broadcast.

Gliperal, your dedication to determining the best possible hardware and software to best accomplish
our goal, and your impeccable system administration, allowed us to stream together from all over the
world. It was an incredible accomplishment, and one you should be very proud of.

Sven, your tireless efforts to create the smoothest experience for all the members of the SudokuCon
family, enabling them to shine on camera, has been a sight to behold. Your commitment to making
SudokuPad run rings around its previous renditions was the icing on the cake.

And to all the producers, emcees, guests, and everyone both on camera and behind the scenes, who
made the SudokuCon 24 Hour Livestream Fundraiser such a resounding success, I am honored to
work with all of you. And I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your hard work,
enthusiasm, and especially for your time.

I can’t wait to meet you all in person in Boston in April, 2025!

Sincerely,

carabet

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 Contents

What is this? 1

Foreword 1

Artisanal Sudoku 5
Patchwork by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Singled Out by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Solving Student Puzzles 8

Microwave by Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lunch Atop A Skyscraper by froggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

GAS Team 11
>X Sums by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Thermometimer by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Middle Management by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Butterfly by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Divergence by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intersection by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tidy Sandwiches by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parquet by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clock by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Periscope by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
If It’s Bad, Blame clover!/If It’s Bad, Blame Philip by Philip Newman/clover! . . . . . . . . 23
Mutually Assured Dedeuction by Philip Newman & clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Sudoku with Kodra 24

The Regular Way by Akash Doulani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Right Way? by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Spin the Wheel by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Anti-Knight SSudoku by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Horseshoes Sudoku by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Percentage Play by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Braille Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Greater-Than Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pegboard by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Kodra solves Gattai 34

Clover’s November Gattai by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Kouchoku Solving 36
Kouchoku by jonn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Kouchoku by jonn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting Demonstration 39
No Quads Here by Scojo & SudokuCon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Tapa Solving 41
Tapa by Wessel Strijkstra/It’s Stark Jr.! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Niverio’s Hour of Speed 43

Apalachee and Magnolia by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SudokuCon Renban Puzzle Game by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Arrows Shatter Windows by TheLukeskywalker2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bird by KenGlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fives Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Box Sequences Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Plus or Minus Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Team solve - Sponsored puzzle from DiMono 51

Why Am I Like This? by DiMono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The Puzzle Roast 53

The S-Cell Miracle by Niverio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Liar Japanese Sums #2: GW by Niverio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Football Formations by Niverio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5 In 5 Out by Niverio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Zoo by Qodec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Puffer fish by Qodec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Wheel of Fortune by Qodec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Niverio’s bonus solve 61

HBD dumediat by Luda3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Qodec’s Hour of Speed 63

Speed Arrows Sudoku by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Diagonal Killer Sudoku by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

ZetaMath and Tristan Solve Your Puzzles! 66

Shivers: Back and Forth by Wisteria Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Diminutive Directed Diction by heliopolix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Additional Puzzles 69

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Artisanal Sudoku 70
Reaching In by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
See What Sticks by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Solving Student Puzzles 73

Machina 444 by ifletchr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Silent Staples by Pickup and Lumos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Alphabet Cage by CakeyQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cold Brew by Lumos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Losing Tetris by Lumos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Haribo Worms by Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Between the Lines by Pickup and Lumos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Renban Ringo by Lumos and CakeyQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Speedsolving puzzles 82
Betwixt by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
😲 by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tetrominoops by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Non Stop by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Beryllium by 99% Sneaky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Oxygen by 99% Sneaky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dodgeball Diagrams by MicroStudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Anti-Knight SSSSudoku by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Elephant by KenGlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Distance Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Odd Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Even Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Fortress Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Search 9 Sudoku by clover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Xenon/Vanadium by 99% Sneaky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cesium by 99% Sneaky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Iodine by 99% Sneaky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Knock Knock by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Drone by Malrog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Crosshatch by thetearex15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cubbyhole by thetearex15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Digging for Treasure by FullDeck & Missingafewcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Perfume Bottle by Craig Kasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parity Names Sudoku by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
😱 by rockratzero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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Sudoku after Dark – Additional non-Sudoku puzzles 108
Tapa by Piatato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tapa by Rook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tapa by Wessel Strijkstra/It’s Stark Jr.! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Tapa by Wessel Strijkstra/It’s Stark Jr.! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Suguru 5x5 by jonn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Suguru 6x6 by jonn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Team solve Bid War – Extra candidates 115

Entropy Sweeper by Tesseralis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Pentominous Sum Lines by Xendari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parity Loop by Paletron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
On the Bottom Shelf by Selena Silverstep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Mods, Quads, Odds & Schröds by MartySears and ThePedallingPianist . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Everything in its Right Place by MartySears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wheels on the Bus by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The Graveyard of Schrödinger by fjam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

ZetaMath and Tristan Solve Your Puzzles! – Bid war candidates 124
Coral Starbattle (2-star) by BenceJoful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Colorado 8 by Florian Wortmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Run-on-nabneR by gdc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
IMO Sudoku by Dorlir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seven Whispering Rivers by JC Godart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
V is for Vault by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Crab-Conscious by James Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Where’s the Crusts? by RockyRoer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

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 Artisanal Sudoku

As a sponsor of the livestream, James Sinclair generously provided some puzzles.

Check out https://artisanalsudoku.com for more!

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Patchwork
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits cannot repeat along the indicated diagonal. Cages show their sums,
and digits cannot repeat within a cage.

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Singled Out
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Correctly placed digits clear the fog around them. Cages show their sums
in the left-most cell of the highest row reached by the cage, and digits cannot repeat within a cage.
Digits on arrows sum to the (single-digit) number in the connected circle, and can repeat if allowed
by other rules.

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 Solving Student Puzzles

FullDeck and Missingafewcards teach a class about puzzles and paradoxes, and brought on some of
their students to show off some of the Sudoku puzzles that these students have set.

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Microwave
by Pickup
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply, each row column and box must contain the full set of digits 1-9
Cages: Digits cannot repeat in cages, and must sum to the total in the top left corner
Thermometers: Digits on a thermometer must increase from bulb to tip.

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Lunch Atop A Skyscraper
by froggy
This puzzle is based on the famous photograph of the same name.
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Digits in cages must sum to the number in the top left corner of the cage. Digits may not repeat
within cages.
- Cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are necessarily given.
- Each digit in the grid is a ”skyscraper” whose height is the digit in that cell. Taller skyscrapers
obscure the view of smaller ones. Clues outside the grid tell how many skyscrapers are visible looking
across the row or column from the direction of the clue.
- Sandwich clues outside the grid give sums of digits between 1 & 9 in their row/column.

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 GAS Team

Philip Newman and clover! (with emergency guest Bear) participated in a trivia battle hosted by
James Sinclair, and followed it up with setting a devious Pairdoku with constraints provided through
viewer donations, as well as a demonstration of Mutually Assured Deduction, a game where two
setters take turns to add constraints to a single grid, attempting to force their opponents side of the
grid before their own.

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>X Sums
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Clues outside the grid give the sum of the first X digits in the row or column, where X is the value of
the first digit in that direction.

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Thermometimer
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Digits along a thermometer increase from the bulb end.

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Middle Management
by Malrog
Normal 5x5 latin square rules apply: place all the digits from 1 to 5 in every row and column.
Digits on a purple line are a nonrepeating set of consecutive digits in any order.

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Butterfly
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Digits either side of a white dot must be consecutive. Digits either side of a black dot must be in a
1:2 ratio. Not all dots are given.

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Divergence
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Digits on an arrow must sum to the value in the attached circle.

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Intersection
by Malrog
Normal 5x5 latin square rules apply: place all the digits from 1 to 5 in every row and column.
Digits may not repeat in cages, and must sum to the total given.

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Tidy Sandwiches
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Variant sandwich rules apply: numbers outside the grid give the sum of the digits between 1 and 6 in
that row/column, and these summed digits must increase from the 1 to the 6.

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Parquet
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Each grey region contains the digits 1 to 6, once each.

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Clock
by Malrog
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
Adjacent digits on the green line must differ by at least 3.
Digits on an arrow must sum to the value in the attached circle.

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Periscope
by Malrog
Place the digits 1 to 5 in each row, column and main diagonal, without repeats.
Digits may not repeat in cages, and must sum to the total given.

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If It’s Bad, Blame clover!/If It’s Bad, Blame Philip
by Philip Newman/clover!
Pairdoku: Both puzzles have the same solution and must be solved side-by-side.

Normal sudoku rules apply. Normal sudoku rules apply.

Orange lines are Dutch Whispers: digits along Digits in cages do not repeat and must sum
the line differ by at least 4. to the indicated total.
Light blue lines are modular lines: each set of Blue lines are lockout lines: the digits in the
three digits along the line has one digit from diamonds differ by at least 4, and digits along
(147), one from (258), and one from (369). the lines are strictly outside of the range be-
Clones: the grid contains exactly one pair of tween the two diamonds.
identical clones, marked in gray, which con- Orange lines are Dutch Whispers: digits along
tain the same digits. the line differ by at least 4.
Minimum: the digit in a minimum cell (gray Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2
with ”<” signs) is less than the digits in all of ratio. Not all dots are necessarily given.
the adjacent cells. The diagonal marked ”prime” contains only
X: digits separated by an X sum to 10. prime digits and must have a prime sum.
Skyscraper: the ”?” is a skyscraper clue. (Digits may repeat along the diagonal).
When you place a digit in the peach col- The purple line is a nabner line: it contains
ored cell, chat will tell you the value of the no consecutive or repeated digits anywhere on
skyscraper clue.a the line.
Thermo: digits along a thermometer must in- Arrow: the grid contains exactly one arrow.
crease, starting from the round bulb. Digits along the arrow sum to the digit in the
Prime: the digits in the hot pink cells form a attached circle.
2-digit prime number when read from left to
right.
a
Editor’s note: The value is 6.

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Mutually Assured Dedeuction
by Philip Newman & clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Little Killer: Digits along the indicated diagonals must sum to the total given (digits may repeat if
allowed by other rules).
Sandwich: Clues outside the grid give the sum of digits between 1 & 9 in that row or column.
X Pairs: Digits in cells separated by an ‘X’ must sum to 10. Not all X’es are given.
Kropki Pairs: Digits in cells separated by a white dot must be consecutive (have a difference of 1);
digits in cells separated by a black dot must have a ratio of 2:1. Not all dots are given.

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 Sudoku with Kodra

Kodra was visited by special guests Prasanna Seshadri and Tantan Dai, who showed off their
exceptional Sudoku skills.

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The Regular Way
by Akash Doulani
Normal sudoku rules apply.

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The Right Way?
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. This puzzle can be solved in the ordinary fashion, but it was designed
to still be solvable (but challenging!) when filling in the digits strictly from left to right and top to
bottom in order.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/zgzqqj1mfq

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Spin the Wheel
by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Wheels: Digits in a circle have to be placed in the same circular order in the four cells that are touched
by the circle. The circles may have to be rotated to the correct position by 90°, 180°, or 270°.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/qnamedif5i

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Anti-Knight SSudoku
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-9 exactly once in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
Anti-Knight: Cells separated by a knight’s move (as in chess) cannot contain the same digit as each
other.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/se725unp7f

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Horseshoes Sudoku
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
Under the grid are four horseshoes that must be placed around one of the four circles around the grid.
The center post will take one of the four choices. Horseshoes may rotate, but not reflect. Empty
cells in horseshoes may be filled with any digit, including givens.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/lcc6hahio5

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Percentage Play
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Along green lines, digits must differ from their neighbors by at least 5. A
digit inside a white circle must appear in one of the four cells surrounding that circle.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/james-sinclair/percentage-play

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Braille Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Some clues are given in the grid. These clues represent (possibly partial)
Braille digits. For instance, a clue containing just a single dot in the bottom right corner could
represent the digits 4, 5, 7, or 8 (because all of those Braille digits contain a dot in the lower right).

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/jjn2af59pk

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Greater-Than Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Inequality symbols indicate which of each pair of adjacent digits is greater.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/sbqs6299a9

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Pegboard
by Malrog
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in a white circle must appear at least once in the four cells it touches.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/vt1prpmgas

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 Kodra solves Gattai

Kodra solved one of clover’s monthly Gattai puzzles. Or tried to, at least.

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Clover’s November Gattai
by clover!
This puzzle consists of both 9x9 and 6x6 sudoku grids. Within each 9x9 grid, normal sudoku rules
apply. However, the 6x6 grids are “mean minis”: instead of using the digits from 1 to 6, each 6x6 grid
uses an unknown set of 6 digits from 1 to 9, inclusive. In order to solve, you’ll have to determine which
digits to use in each 6x6 grid, then fill that grid with those 6 digits in normal sudoku fashion (digits
may not repeat in any row, column, or region). Different 6x6 grids may or may not use different sets
of digits.

Additionally, kropki pairs rules apply: digits separated by a white dot are consecutive, and digits
separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are necessarily given.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/ktmvggye1t

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 Kouchoku Solving

There’s more to puzzle solving than Sudoku! Wessel Strijkstra and jonn joined Carabet to show off
different puzzle genres.

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Kouchoku
by jonn
Draw lines connecting all clues to form a loop which travels through each clue once. Lines only travel
straight from clue to clue (allowing non-orthogonal lines). Two line segments may intersect each
other only exactly perpendicularly (90 degree angles). All clues containing the same letter must be
connected consecutively. Clues containing different letters may not be directly connected; the loop
must travel through at least one black circle between them.

Puzz.link: https://puzz.link/p?kouchoku/10/10/9995.0b0.94b1bac1a94.0a0.9995

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Kouchoku
by jonn
Draw lines connecting all clues to form a loop which travels through each clue once. Lines only travel
straight from clue to clue (allowing non-orthogonal lines). Two line segments may intersect each
other only exactly perpendicularly (90 degree angles). All clues containing the same letter must be
connected consecutively. Clues containing different letters may not be directly connected; the loop
must travel through at least one black circle between them.

Puzz.link: https://puzz.link/p?kouchoku/9/9/992.bd6b1.7a0c3d0a7.1b6cc.992

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 Setting Demonstration

Scojo showed us how to set a puzzle using constraints picked through viewer donations.

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No Quads Here
by Scojo & SudokuCon
Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
German Whispers: Digits along a green line must have a difference of at least 5 with any neighbor
along the line.
Renban: Digits along a pink line must form a consecutive set of digits in any order.
XV: Digits separated by an X must sum to 10, and digits separated by a V must sum to 5.
Special thanks to DreamLibrarian for being the top donator during this segment!

SudokuPad: https://sudokupad.app/bj31napxlf

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 Tapa Solving

Continuing from the previous Kouchoku segment, jonn and Wessel Strikstra are back to teach
Carabet about the joys of Tapa.

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Tapa
by Wessel Strijkstra/It’s Stark Jr.!
Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be
shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells
surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Puzz.link: https://puzz.link/p?tapa/10/10/ralj6iaaia0ha0kaeja0ic5rbmia0ja8kalh2i3i.j5r

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 Niverio’s Hour of Speed

Niverio challenged himself to solve as many puzzles as possible in one hour.

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Apalachee and Magnolia
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits on arrows sum to the digit in the connected circle, and can repeat
if allowed by other rules.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/james-sinclair/apalachee-and-magnolia

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SudokuCon Renban Puzzle Game
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
Digits on pink lines comprise a consecutive set of digits arranged in any order.
The ‘k’ forms one branching renban line (it is not multiple sets)

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/ku4d1ccj8x

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Arrows Shatter Windows
by TheLukeskywalker2
Normal sudoku rules apply. Normal windoku rules apply. Normal arrow rules apply.

SudokuPad: https://sudokupad.app/r09kg3hkf2

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Bird
by KenGlue
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Digits along slow thermometers may increase or stay the same, but never decrease.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/ow5eufb5vh

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Fives Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Clues indicates ALL pairs of orthogonally adjacent cells that differ by 5
or sum to 5.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/rf6zkmag6z

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Box Sequences Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Within each outlined region, each gray line indicates a run of 3 or more
adjacent consecutive digits, in order. All possible gray lines within each individual region are given
(that is, there are no unmarked adjacent consecutive runs of length 3 or more that stay within a single
region).

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/690r01cihc

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Plus or Minus Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. If a vertical line appears in a cell, then the digit in that cell is either the
sum or the difference of the two digits immediately above it and immediately below it in the grid. If
a horizontal line appears in a cell, then the digit in that cell is either the sum or the difference of the
two digits immediately to its left and immediately to its right in the grid.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/zadhzjtfap

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 Team solve - Sponsored puzzle from
DiMono

Sponsor of the stream, DiMono, provided a puzzle for Niverio to solve. DiMono’s upcoming puzzle
adventure, The Tidings Of Minos, is available for pre-order at https://dimono.ca.

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Why Am I Like This?
by DiMono
This puzzle uses four digits from 1-9. Those digits must be determined by the solver. Place those
digits once each into every row, column, and box in each of the five 4x4 grids in this one puzzle.
Thermometers: Digits must only increase from bulb to tip because that’s how thermometers work.
X: Connected digits must sum to 10 because it is decreed thusly by the Romans.
Black dots: One digit is twice the other one. The other one is also a digit.
White dots: One digit is one more than the other one. The other digit is one less than the first one.
Arrow: The digits on the arrow sum to the digit in the circle, no matter what their parents say.
German Whispers: Consecutive digits on a green line must differ by at least five and must learn
German.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/wd9g7shf68

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 The Puzzle Roast

Niverio and Qodec talked about some of their past puzzles that didn’t turn out quite the way they
were hoping for.

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The S-Cell Miracle
by Niverio
- Normalish Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 0-9 in the grid so that every row, column, and 3x3
box contains every digit exactly once. To enable this, there is a single Schrödinger cell in each row,
column and box, containing a superposition of two different digits.
- When there is a ? outside of the grid, that indicated row/column’s X-Sum clue (The sum of the
first N cells, where N is the first digit seen in that direction.) is equal to the sum of the digits in that
row/column’s S-cell.
- For the Diagonal clues the rule above applies diagonally in the indicated direction. If a diagonal
has more than one S-cell, the clue applies to the first seen S-cell. A diagonal clue can be a 0 if the
indicated diagonal has no S-cells.
- The diagonal clues in black have no impact on their row/column. The diagonal clue in red is both
a row and a diagonal clue.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/kfksd4n0i3

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Liar Japanese Sums #2: GW
by Niverio
- Sudoku: Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3x3 box.

- Liar Japanese Sums: Shade some cells in the grid such that clues outside the grid indicate the
sums of the continuous blocks of unshaded cells in that row or column. At least one shaded cell must
separate the blocks. For every clued row or column, 2 different sets are provided (Left / Right for rows,
Top / Bottom for columns.) One set is correct, with correct sums in the correct order.(Always left to
right or top to bottom.) The other set is a lie. Which sets are correct must be determined by the solver.

- Green lines are German Whisper lines. Digits along a German Whisper line must differ by at
least 5.

- Empty rows and columns simply indicate that there are no clues provided for that row or column.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/lstdpqwxao

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Football Formations
by Niverio
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Normal Arrow rules apply. Digits along an arrow sum to the number in that arrow’s circle.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/f98nw3vq2x

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5 In 5 Out
by Niverio
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Green lines in the grid are German Whispers lines. Digits along a German Whisper line have to have
a difference of at least 5.
- Digits given outside the grid are X-Sums clues. Clues outside the grid show the sum of the first X
seen digits, where X is the first seen digit.
- Corner clues follow this rule diagonally, and digits may repeat along diagonals.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/in1qc4737u

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Zoo
by Qodec
Normal sudoku rules apply.

Killer cages: The number in the upper left corner of a cage is the sum of the digits within that
cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/c9aom8u8km

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Puffer fish
by Qodec
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Killer cages: An area in the grid surrounded by a dashed line is a ‘killer cage’. The number in the
upper left corner of a cage is the sum of the digits within that cage. Digits cannot repeat within a
cage.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/ccjntyhcim

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Wheel of Fortune
by Qodec
Normal sudoku rules apply.

An area in the grid surrounded by a dashed line is called a cage. The number in the upper left
corner of a cage is the sum of the digits within that cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.

Digits along diagonals indicated by arrows must sum to the given number at that arrow. Digits
may repeat along a diagonal.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/65q026v497

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 Niverio’s bonus solve

Niverio and Qodec managed to squeeze in an additional puzzle before the next segment.

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HBD dumediat
by Luda3
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Renban: Each purple line contains a set of consecutive, nonrepeating digits in any order.
- X-sums: Clues outside the grid give the sum of the first N digits in their respective row or column,
where N is the digit nearest the clue.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/sfd4utda11

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 Qodec’s Hour of Speed

Qodec is not known for being a speed solver, but that didn’t stop him from giving it a go and seeing
if he could keep up with Niverio’s performance earlier.

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Speed Arrows Sudoku
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
Digits on arrows sum to the digit in the attached circle.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/brckmeyqjr

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Diagonal Killer Sudoku
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
Digits may not repeat on the marked diagonal.
Digits in cages sum to the value indicated.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/nhwvgsmfdg

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ZetaMath and Tristan Solve Your Puzzles!

ZetaMath and Tristan solved puzzles chosen by viewers in a bidding war.

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Shivers: Back and Forth
by Wisteria Fall
• Draw shivers in the grid such that all unshaded cells are covered and no shaded cells are covered.
• Shivers are non-intersecting lines of at least length 3 which turn at 90° angles on any cells other
than their endpoints.
• A dashed circle indicates an endpoint of a shiver.
• A number in a cell indicates the length of the shiver occupying that cell.
• Length is counted in cells, and X indicates clues have the same value.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/rfznnkso48

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Diminutive Directed Diction
by heliopolix
Normal sudoku rules apply.

Look-and-Say Little Killers: Clues outside the grid should be read as a look-and-say number, which
says the number of times a digit appears along the indicated diagonal.

For example, a look-and-say clue of 25 would indicate that two 5’s appear along the diagonal.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/arbtdynls5

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 Additional Puzzles

These puzzles didn’t make it onto the stream, but they still deserve to be highlighted! We hope you
enjoy them.

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 Artisanal Sudoku

Additional puzzles provided by James Sinclair for his sponsored segment.

Check out https://artisanalsudoku.com for more!

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Reaching In
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cages show their sums, and digits cannot repeat within a cage. Digits on
arrows sum to the number in the connected circle, and can repeat if allowed by other rules.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/reywj50eno

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See What Sticks
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits on arrows sum to the number in the connected circle. Along green
lines, digits must differ from their neighbors by at least 5. Purple lines contain a non-repeating set
of consecutive digits in any order. Digits in cells with a shaded circle must be odd. Digits in cells
separated by a white dot are consecutive. Digits in cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/8qtumlcbur

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 Solving Student Puzzles

FullDeck and Missingafewcards’ students had additional puzzles prepared, and we’re not letting them
go to waste.

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Machina 444
by ifletchr
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are necessarily given.
- On green German Whisper Lines adjacent digits must have a difference of at least 5.
- Along Thermos digits must strictly increase from the bulb to the tip.
- Any set of three sequential cells along the beige Entropic Lines must contain a low digit (123), a
middle digit (456), and a high digit (789).
- Any set of three sequential cells along a teal Modular Line must contain a complete set of residues
modulo 3, i.e. one digit from (1,4,7), one from (2,5,8), and one from (3,6,9).

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/g4ovks3job

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Silent Staples
by Pickup and Lumos
Normal sudoku rules apply
Along the green German Whispers lines, neighboring digits must differ by at least 5. Digits may repeat
along a line if not prevented by sudoku.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/vqe0oy6tu7

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Alphabet Cage
by CakeyQ
Standard Sudoku rules apply.
Killer Cages: Digits within a cage must sum to the number in the top-left corner of the cage.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/pakpu98bo1

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Cold Brew
by Lumos
- Normal sudoku rules apply: The digits 1 to 9 must be placed in each row, column and 3x3 box
without repetition
- Cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio. Cells separated by a white dot must be consecutive.
Not all dots are necessarily given.
- On green German Whisper Lines adjacent digits must have a difference of at least 5.
- Along Thermos digits must strictly increase from the bulb to the tip.
- Digits in a Quadruple circle must be placed at least once in the four cells touching that circle.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/mncpivqzhi

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Losing Tetris
by Lumos
Standard 9x9 Sudoku Rules apply: Digits 1-9 must be placed in each row, column, and box without
repetition.

Cages: Digits in cages must sum to the total in the top left corner of the cage.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/izsr04ckua

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Haribo Worms
by Pickup
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Consecutive digits along a green German Whispers line must have a difference of 5 or greater. Digits
along a line may repeat if allowed by other rules.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/0r8vbd5qxx

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Between the Lines
by Pickup and Lumos
Normal Sudoku rules apply
Digits along a between line must be between the digits in the circled ends. Digits may repeat along
the line if allowed by sudoku

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/8n4mphe3ne

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Renban Ringo
by Lumos and CakeyQ
Standard 9x9 Sudoku Rules Apply.

Killer cages: Digits within killer cages must sum to the total in the top left corner of the cage.
Digits may not repeat in cages.

Renban lines: Digits on Renban lines must form a consecutive sequence of numbers. The digits
need not be in order on the line.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/5gxfe3t8jo

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 Speedsolving puzzles

We had a long list of puzzles prepared for our speedy solvers, but even they can only manage so
many puzzles. We’ve included the rest in this section.

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Betwixt
by Malrog
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits on a line are strictly between the digits in the circles at either end. For the avoidance of doubt,
the lines pass straight through r6c5.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/yrr7eq261e

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😲
by Malrog
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits along a thermometer must strictly increase from the bulb end.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/h73v53c02b

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Tetrominoops
by Malrog
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in grey cells are larger than digits in orthogonally adjacent white cells.
Adjacent digits on a green line differ by at least five.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/6amkn60kda

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Non Stop
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cages show their sums, and digits cannot repeat within a cage. Gray lines
are palindromes, which contain the same sequence of digits in either direction.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/james-sinclair/non-stop

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Beryllium
by 99% Sneaky
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages sum to the number in the top-left corner of the cage.
Digits in a grey circle are odd.
Digits in a grey square are even.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/utjtcxwgj4

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Oxygen
by 99% Sneaky
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages sum to the number in the top-left corner of the cage.
Cells that are a chess knight’s move apart cannot contain the same digit.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/vu8scacexp

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Dodgeball Diagrams
by MicroStudy
Normal Sudoku rules apply.

Digits along arrows sum to the digit in the attached circle.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/cghjw6ca5b

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Anti-Knight SSSSudoku
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-9 exactly once in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
Anti-Knight: Cells separated by a knight’s move (as in chess) cannot contain the same digit as each
other.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/x60pt0qp0d

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Elephant
by KenGlue
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Adjacent digits along German Whispers lines differ by at least 5.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/j1tf9d7itf

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Distance Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Clues outside of the grid include two digits (separated by a dash), and a
distance. The distance is the number of steps needed to get from one of those digits to the other in
that row or column. The digits must appear in the order given. For instance, a clue of ’3-4: 1’ above
a column indicates that the 3 is immediately above the 4 in that column.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/d248lr26u7

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Odd Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in gray circles are odd.

Su dokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/f2gsz2gjp6

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Even Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in gray squares are even.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/3q9jhlljla

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Fortress Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in gray cells are greater than all digits in orthogonally adjacent
white cells.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/j4aab5te4m

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Search 9 Sudoku
by clover!
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in arrow cells indicate the number of steps to take to get to the 9
in the direction the arrow is pointing. For instance, a ’1’ in an arrow pointing to the right indicates
that a 9 is in the cell immediately to the right of the arrow cell.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/s2o40plfil

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Xenon/Vanadium
by 99% Sneaky
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages sum to the number in the top-left corner of the cage. Digits do not repeat within
cages.
Cells separated by an X sum to 10.
Cells separated by a V sum to 5.
Not all possible Xs and Vs are given.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/5w8yikpmw8

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Cesium
by 99% Sneaky
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages sum to the number in the top-left corner of the cage.
Orthogonally adjacent squares cannot contain consecutive digits.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/pueqpk1czo

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Iodine
by 99% Sneaky
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages sum to the number in the top-left corner of the cage.
Digits along the purple lines are a set of consecutive, non-repeating digits in any order.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/szfcbitq0t

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Knock Knock
by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Numbered Rooms: Clues outside the grid indicate the digit which has to be placed in the Nth cell in
the corresponding direction, where N is the digit placed in the first cell in that direction.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/lwfk9zm3yh

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Drone
by Malrog
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in a white circle must appear at least once in the four cells it touches.

SudokuPad: https://beta.sudokupad.app/177oowsqvz

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Crosshatch
by thetearex15
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Digits in arrow cells tell you how many cells away the digit ’9’ is, in that
direction.

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Cubbyhole
by thetearex15
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Normal thermo rules apply.

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Digging for Treasure
by FullDeck & Missingafewcards
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Digits in cages cannot repeat and must sum to the total shown in the upper left corner of the cage.
- Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
Not all possible dots are necessarily given.
- The grid is partially covered with fog. When a correct digit is placed, the fog will lift in the
surrounding cells, potentially revealing additional clues.

*Any time a digit is placed in error (as determined by fog not clearing from surrounding digits), assess
a 5-second penalty on total solve time.**

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Perfume Bottle
by Craig Kasper
Standard Thermo Sudoku rules

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Parity Names Sudoku
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
Digits on grey lines alternate between odd and even.

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😱
by rockratzero
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
Digits on grey lines alternate between high (56789) and low (1234) values.
Digits in circles report the count of either the odd or even digits on the associated line.

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 Sudoku after Dark – Additional
non-Sudoku puzzles

There’s more to puzzling than Sudoku! In addition to the Kouchokus and the Tapa that made it
onto the stream, we had even more Tapas as well as some Suguru puzzles lined up.

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Tapa
by Piatato
Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be
shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells
surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

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Tapa
by Rook
Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be
shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells
surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

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Tapa
by Wessel Strijkstra/It’s Stark Jr.!
Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be
shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells
surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

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Tapa
by Wessel Strijkstra/It’s Stark Jr.!
Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be
shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells
surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

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Suguru 5x5
by jonn
Normal Suguru rules apply: Place a digit in each cell so that a region of size N contains the digits
1-N once each. Identical digits cannot touch orthogonally or diagonally.

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Suguru 6x6
by jonn
Normal Suguru rules apply: Place a digit in each cell so that a region of size N contains the digits
1-N once each. Identical digits cannot touch orthogonally or diagonally.

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 Team solve Bid War – Extra candidates

Niverio and Qodec tackled some puzzles selected by the viewers in a bid war. This section contains
the candidates that didn’t make it onto the stream.

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Entropy Sweeper
by Tesseralis
Normal sudoku rules apply. Mark nine cells, one in each row, column, and box, containing the digits
1-9 once each.

Eight of the nine marked cells are ”entropy sweeper” cells and count the number of cells in its
3x3 neighborhood that have the same entropy as it.

Digits belong to the same entropy when they are both low (123), middle (456) or high (789).

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Pentominous Sum Lines
by Xendari
Normal sudoku rules apply.

Place pentominoes into the grid such that all cells (other than the six shaded cells) are part of a
pentomino. Digits may not repeat inside a pentomino. Pentominoes with the same shape may not
touch each other orthogonally, regardless of reflection or rotation.

The sum of the digits on a line within a pentomino must be the same for each pentomino the
line passes through. A line may not re-enter a pentomino, and different lines may have different sums.
Lines must visit at least two pentominoes.

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Parity Loop
by Paletron
Standard Sudoku rules apply.
Draw a single closed loop (without branching or crossing) moving orthogonally through centers of
some cells in the grid. The loop travels on cells of the same parity, and when it crosses a border, the
parity switches.
The loop passes through each circle, and the number in the circle counts the number of cells around
it, which are visited by the loop (including itself, maximum of 9).
Cells connected by V sum to 5. Cells connected by X sum to 10.

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On the Bottom Shelf
by Selena Silverstep
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place a digit from 1 to 9 in every cell such that no digits repeat in a row,
column, or bold 3x3 box.
Normal Renban variant rules apply. Cells along the purple line contain a non-repeating set of consec-
utive values in any order.
The gold lines are Nabner lines. Two cells that share a Nabner line can have neither the same value
nor consecutive values.
In each row, column, and box is an ”adder” cell. Each ”adder” increases the values of orthogonally
adjacent cells by N, where N is the digit in the adder cell. Adder cells do not increase themselves.
Each digit appears in exactly one adder.

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Mods, Quads, Odds & Schröds
by MartySears and ThePedallingPianist
Fill every row, column and 3x3 box with the digits 0-9 exactly once each.
Schröds: there are 9 Schrödinger cells in the grid, which contain 2 different digits.
Same Difference lines: adjacent digits on a turquoise line must have the same difference, though this
difference can be different for different lines.
Quads: each quad circle contains all the digits in the surrounding 4 cells. Unfortunately these quad
clues have all been written in white text, and so are invisible. Digits might repeat within a quad circle.
Odds: digits in a grey circle must be odd.
Circles: a digit in a circle (odd or quad clue) shows how many times that digit appears in a circle.
E.g. if there is a 5 in a quad clue, then there must be 5 total appearances of 5s in quad clues and
odd circles combined.
For the purpose of Same Difference lines, the two Schrödinger digits are considered to be adjacent
on the line. For example, 7-(35)-1 would be a valid line, but 7-1-(35) would not.
For the purpose of quad clues and odd clues, the two Schrödinger digits are considered separately; for
example, a (35) Schrödinger cell in an odd circle means that 3 and 5 each gain one extra appearance
in circles.

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Everything in its Right Place
by MartySears
• Normal sudoku rules apply.
• Draw 3 snakes which must each begin and end at a different grey spot. Snakes are lines which
may move orthogonally and diagonally between cells. They may touch each other (or themselves),
and can even cross eachother, but they must not branch, share cells with each other, or enter cages.
• A digit on a snake indicates exactly how many times that digit appears on that snake. Eg: If there
is a 5 on a snake, there are five 5s on that snake.
• One snake is a German Whisper line; along it, adjacent digits must differ by at least 5.
• One snake is a slow thermometer; along this line, reading from one end to the other, digits must
always increase or stay the same.
• One snake is entropic; along it, any group of 3 adjacent cells must contain one low digit (1, 2 or
3), one medium digit (4, 5 or 6) and one high digit (7, 8 or 9.)
• Digits in a cage must sum to the small clue given in that cage.
• Digits separated by a V sum to 5.

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Wheels on the Bus
by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Disjoint Groups: Cells in the same relative position in different boxes cannot contain the same digits.
Wheels: Digits in a circle have to be placed in the same circular order in the four cells that are touched
by the circle. The circles have to be rotated 90° clockwise N times from the current position. N is
the digit in the cell inside the circle.
Example: If R2C8=6, then R1C8=8 and R2C9=4

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The Graveyard of Schrödinger
by fjam
- Normal Sudoku rules almost apply. Place the digits 0-9 into cells such that each digit appears once
in every row, column and region. To accommodate this, one cell in each row, column and region is a
Schrödinger cell, which contains two digits.
- In graves (cages), digits must sum to the day, month or year of the date on the grave. Digits cannot
repeat within graves.
- Escape the graveyard by carefully plotting an orthogonally connected path between the green and
red cells. The path may not cross the highest or lowest digits in a grave.

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ZetaMath and Tristan Solve Your Puzzles!
– Bid war candidates

ZetaMath and Tristan solved puzzles selected by the viewers in a bid war. This section contains all
of the candidates that didn’t make it onto the stream.

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Coral Starbattle (2-star)
by BenceJoful
In short, Standard Coral and Starbattle rules apply.

In full:
Coral: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and the un-
shaded cells are all connected orthogonally by other unshaded cells to the edge of the grid. No 2x2
region may be entirely shaded. Clues outside the grid represent the lengths of each of the blocks of
consecutive shaded cells in the corresponding row or column, not necessarily in order.

Starbattle: Place two stars in each row, column, and unshaded region such that they do not touch,
even diagonally.

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Colorado 8
by Florian Wortmann
Colorado 8 by Florian Wortmann Normal Sudoku rules.
Digits connected by an X sum to 10. Digits connected by a V sum to 5. Not all Xs and Vs are given.
The clue outside the grid is the sum of the first X cells in the corresponding column, where X is the
digit in the cell nearest to the clue.

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Run-on-nabneR
by gdc
Normal sudoku rules apply
Digits joined by a V sum to 5. Digits joined by an X sum to 10. Not all Xs and Vs are given.
Any sequence of four cells along the lines must contain a run of four non consecutive and non
repeating digits, in any order (like overlapping nabneR lines of length 4). For example: if there is a 2
in a sequence, there can’t be another 2, a 1 or a 3 in in the same sequence.

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IMO Sudoku
by Dorlir
Normal sudoku rules apply. In each row, column and 3x3 box there is exactly 1 hot cell. Each hot
cell has a value 1 higher than its digit (different hot cells can have the same value). Each line has
an even number of hot cells (zero hot cells is possible). Adjacent values on the green line differ by
at least 5. The yellow line is a modular line (every three adjacent cells along the line must have one
value from each of the sets [1,4,7,10], [2,5,8], [3,6,9]). The sum of the values on the blue line is the
same within each 3x3 box it passes through. Adjacent values on the black line are in ratio 1:2. The
product of the values on the red line is 64.

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Seven Whispering Rivers
by JC Godart
Given digits are the source of a river of the given length. Blue cells are also a source of a river whose
length has to be determined by the solver.
Rivers move orthogonally and cannot cross or branch.
Rivers of same length may not touch at an edge.
All sources are given and all rivers must connect (orthogonally) into a single network.
Rivers are German whisper lines : adjacent digits along the river must differ by 5 or more.
Cells not traversed by a river are islands. The orange cell is part of an island.
Islands are at least 2 cells in size.
Neither rivers nor islands may form a 2x2 region.

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V is for Vault
by Alaric Taqi A. (Crusader175)
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in a cage may not appear in any cell orthogonally adjacent to the
cage. Digits MAY repeat within a cage.

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Crab-Conscious
by James Sinclair
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cages show their sums, and digits cannot repeat within a cage. Digits on
arrows sum to the number in the connected circle, and can repeat if allowed by other rules. Digits in
cells with a gray square must be even.

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Where’s the Crusts?
by RockyRoer
Normal sudoku rules apply.

In each row, column, and region, you must find two ‘crusts’s. All nine 1’s are crusts, as well as
nine other cells, which could be any digit. The clues on the outside of the grid refer to the sums of
the digits between these crust cells.

The capsules contain the coordinates of each of the nine crust cells that are not 1’s. For exam-
ple, if R9C12 contains 4 and 5, than that means R4C5 is a crust cell that isn’t one. No two capsules
refer to the same crust cell.

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