One Of The Best Fog Sudoku Puzzles We've Seen

*** NEW SUDOKU HUNT COMPETITION RELEASED 1 NOVEMBER *** November's sudoku hunt competition has just launched! It's Duality II by the Sudoku Skunkworks. It really is a fantastic collection of puzzles and we've decided to have a different type of prize. The winner (drawn after the closing date of 20 November) will be invited (NOT required) to make a sudoku video solving with Simon... Check it out for as little as $2/month here: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic *** TODAY'S PUZZLE *** SamuPiano's latest sudoku is a stunning fog-of-war/yin yang/split pea hybrid... (that's quite a bizarre sentence to type!). It makes for a (short) movie length video but the logic in this one if fresh and wonderful. Enjoy! Play the puzzle at the link below: https://sudokupad.app/f6xcgzdav3 Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits will clear some of the fog in the grid. No guessing is required (or recommended). Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 region can be completely shaded or unshaded. R5C5 is neither shaded nor unshaded in the final grid. The sum of the digits on a line strictly between two circles must be equal to a concatenation of the digits in that line's circles. For instance, 3-346-1 could be a valid split pea line, as 3+4+6=13, which is a concatenation of 3 and 1. (ie One circle contains the ‘tens’ digit of that line’s sum; and one circle contains the ‘units’ digit of that line’s sum.) Each circle in the puzzle indicates the number of cells along each line directly connected to the circle, including the bounding circles, which are of the same shading as the circle. All lines travel orthogonally. Lines may not branch or cross, except at circles. Digits separated by an X sum to 10. Digits separated by a V sum to 5. Not all X or V are given. *** NEW TAMETSI STREAM *** Simon and Mark will be streaming more Tametsi on Wednesday evening at 10pm UK time. You can watch here: https://youtube.com/live/m1CvfSrz_YY ▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀ You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ▶ Contents Of This Video ◀ 0:00 Theme music & puzzle introduction 1:27 A neat trick in yesterday's puzzle 6:53 Streaming On Wednesday 7:08 New Patreon Competition With A New Prize! 8:00 Happy Birthdays 9:23 Rules 15:45 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: [email protected] Our PO Box address: Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe Box 102 56 Gloucester Road London SW7 4UB (Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.) ************************************************************** ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5 ▶ OUR BACK CATALOGUE – ALL CATEGORISED WITH LINKS!◀ https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue ▶ *NEW* CRACKING THE CRYPTIC MERCHANDISE◀ https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/cracking-the-cryptic ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ [email protected] ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): https://www.instagram.com/crackingthecryptic/?hl=en We also post the Wordle In A Minute videos on TikTok. #sudoku #puzzle #giraffe