** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** The sudoku world has missed one of its giants but we're delighted to see a new puzzle from the great Jay Dyer. It's called Cave Of Killers and it's just wonderful. Play the puzzle at the link below: https://sudokupad.app/aem1ckhlvc Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Shade some cells so that the unshaded cells form a single orthogonally connected area, and each connected shaded region touches the grid boundary. A circle is always unshaded, and the digit in the circle equals the number of unshaded cells visible in a straight line from that cell, including the cell itself. Shaded cells obstruct the view. Each shaded region contains a corner clue which equals the sum of the digits in that region. Digits may not repeat in a shaded region, and the digit in the clued cell equals the size of the region. ** 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 https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic ** GET OUR FOG KICKSTARTER DELUXE & OUR BOOKS ** Check out this link for the kickstarter books and Fog Novella we've created over the years: https://coffeebean.games/product-category/cracking-the-cryptic/ ▶ 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 & "I've missed you" message 0:57 Puzzle intro 1:55 600k Subscribers Pack 3:42 Happy Birthday bonanza 7:58 Rules 12:29 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com 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◀ null ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ crackingthecryptic@gmail.com ▶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.