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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Happy 40th Birthday to James Sinclair, the brilliant puzzle maker and today's sudoku, Bag Of Tricks! As you might expect, this is a clever and interesting one which explores how well we know some of the basics of variant sudoku.

Play the puzzle at the following link:

https://sudokupad.app/4ftr2ntfg4

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits cannot repeat on the indicated diagonal. Cages show their sums. Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow’s circle. Purple lines contain a set of consecutive, non-repeating digits. These digits can appear in any order. Digits in cells with a shaded square must be even.

James' blog, Artisanal Sudoku is here:
https://artisanalsudoku.substack.com/

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme Music & Puzzle Intro
1:17 Chants Of Sennaar Episode 3
1:31 Sandra & Nala's Advent Calendar
1:53 A 100 Puzzle Extravaganza Incoming!
2:50 New Fog-Of-War Kickstarter
3:20 Happy Birthdays
6:00 Rules
7:45 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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