Phistomefel Puzzles

Currently Playing: The Shattered Sudoku

*** TODAY'S PUZZLE *** The rules for this sudoku begin with "the grid has been torn apart"! It's by Panthera and it's a tribute to her father called I Love You Dad! It's a gorgeous (and quite approachable) puzzle where you get to solve two grids and earn a picture at the end. Play the puzzle at the link below: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/8B6JdHDNpf and a blank grid for you to make the picture with: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/93f2mdrggb Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply - but the grid has been torn apart and scrambled. The clues outside the grid indicate the sums of the contiguous runs of digits found in that 3x3 box's row/column- these digits must be shaded. There must be an unshaded cell between runs of shaded cells. If a row/column is unclued, there is NO shading in that row/column. 3x3 boxes are numbered by convention from left to right and top to bottom such that the top left box is 1, top middle is 2, and so on. Within each box the cells are numbered in the same way. Each box must have its box number in its correct position within the box (ie box 1 of the untorn sudoku has a 1 in position 1, box 2 has 2 in position 2, etc). NO other digit in any box may be in its self-numbered cell. When finished, the shaded cells create a picture if put together in the correct order. *** JUST OUT ON PATREON *** A new sudoku hunt, Alice's Adventures In Sudokuland, has been released on 1 March featuring puzzles by Panthera, TheAsylum & Montinox. Remember that patrons gets access to their own special channel on the CtC Fan Discord server - where you can find hints ;) Joining us on Patreon costs as little as $2 a month. https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic *** ORDER OUR UPCOMING BOOK HERE *** https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/cracking-the-cryptics-greatest-hits-volume-2/ *** NEW GAS PACK IS OUT *** The new GAS pack is out on Steam for PC here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2199960/Cracking_the_Cryptic__GAS_Volume_1/ It's already out on Android and App Store. 60 original puzzles by Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Clover and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles! We've also released a FREE app full of handmade puzzles to celebrate reaching 500k subscribers - simply download the Cracking The Cryptic app on Android, Steam or App Store and then select the 500k pack. We're streaming a playthrough of this app and you can watch all seven episodes ▶ 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'.) ▶ 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” ************************************************************** ▶ 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◀ crackingthecryptic@gmail.com ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: #crypticcracking @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): https://www.instagram.com/crackingthecryptic/?hl=en