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EDITED Feb reward: Quite Approachable Sudoku Hunt
🕑 Added 2022-02-01 16:00:07 +0000 UTCHello Patreons!
Thank you so much for supporting us. here is our monthly reward for all patreons: a QAS (Quite Approachable Sudoku) hunt. There is one puzzle from each of the types in the CTC apps: Thermo Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Miracle Sudoku, Arrow Sudoku, Sandwich Sudoku, Chess Sudoku and Classic Sudoku.
Nothing too hard here, but remember that different letters shown in the puzzle must represent different numbers. There are links in the pdf document to play the puzzles in our software.
To be in with the chance of a prize, send the word required by the document to crackingthecryptic@gmail.com by 4pm GMT on 20th Feb 2022. Good luck!
Simon & Mark
Comments
Help! My link to the classic puzzle says 404. I am using v2 and all the others work. I've loved these so far! I dont know how to access the discord server
Loved this hunt!!
Trey
Phew. Spent several hours on these today. So fun! Thanks for the hunt!
Carl-Johan Andersson
Oooooh! Thank you! I spent over two hours on that puzzle, including redoing it from scratch thinking I had made some mistake. I just ended up with a bunch of 27/83 pairs near the bottom and some other unresolved pencil marks along the left side. This is the first hunt that I'm attempting so I didn't realize that the letters were part of the puzzle. You saved me a lot of frustration :D
This was a lot of fun I finally was able to finish one of these.
i had the same until i realised each letter must represent a unique number. For the sandwich, this means the number in each cell spelling sandwich must be different. In cases with a repeat letter, those cells must contain the same number (eg the two cells with S in chess must be the same )
I got multiple valid solutions on the sandwich :(
Arabella
Yes, clink on the web link. At the top of the web page when it opens is the name SudokuPad. Click the name and it will bring you to the app and ask if you want to save the puzzle there.
I agree. I missed that on the sandwich puzzle and then the chess one is not really solvable without applying the letter clues.
Martin M
My thanks to the commenters who pointed out how to disambiguate the sandwich puzzle solution. I spent hours on it before I thought to check here. I do think the instructions could have been a bit more helpful in that regard; I had interpreted them to apply only to the word that one had to find not as an essential clue for solving a couple of the puzzles.
Wow, the chess one was really something.
Okay, that helps a lot--thanks!
Arabella
I just fished the chess one. Yeah!!! Now on to miracle
Michael Fish
No. The letters are unique to each puzzle. Remember to write them down somewhere so you use them to solve the final challenge
I'm a new subscriber and a little unclear on how the hunt works. Are the puzzles connected somehow, like via the letters? Like if an E is 3 in one puzzle, is it 3 in all of them? Thanks.
Arabella
I am giving the QAS puzzle hunt a go. I am still learning all the tricks and feel that these might be more approachable. So far I finished the classic and am working on the chess one.
Finally finished the adventure with my 8 year old... it's been a looong but fulfilling journey :)
Michael Fish
I’ve just sent my entry off… first time I’ve managed to get through one of these puzzle hunts (to be fair, my only other attempts have been at the pyramid and Star Wars hunts!). Quite pleased with myself!
