No Shame in the Struggle and Perseverance

Here's where you can try Increasing Differences by Aad van de Wetering: https://sudokupad.app/inhwpyj59k Normal sudoku rules apply. Along the marked diagonals the differences between neighbouring digits increase from left to right, such that the difference of the first pair is 1, of the second pair 2, of the third pair 3, etc. ▶ OUR PATREON PAGE – JOIN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US AND TRY OUR PUZZLE HUNTS◀   / crackingthecryptic   Our July Patreon reward is Pet Detectives! Join Nala and Emmitt (along with Sandra and Panthera) in looking for clues to the mystery. A great assortment of sudoku types will lead you to lakes, meadows, basements, through bright light and dim fog. There is always so much other fascinating content on Patreon, including crosswords, Gridograms, Connections, and a (rare) collaborative solve by Simon and Mark of the magnificent sudoku Blue Prince by vfig! Please join us on Patreon! Just $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month (or higher) for solution videos. Don’t miss the Patreon-only channel on our discord for help with the sudoku hunts. Your support makes a big difference to us – thank you! ▶ From our new merch partner, you can get tees, hoodies, water bottles, and much more, and show the world that you’re part of this wonderful Cracking the Cryptic community! Don’t miss our incredible new Rat Run merch, designed by Marty Sears: https://cracking-the-cryptric-shop.fo... Check it all out here:    / @crackingthecryptic   ◀ ▶ NEW IN OUR APP: A Worm by Zetamath – “Snecko”, which features overlapping 6x6 puzzles that just might not yield to a strictly sequential solve! On Steam it’s at https://store.steampowered.com/app/47... and you can find the AppStore and GooglePlay links at https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps ◀ ▶ OUR APPS: We have many apps! Classic Sudoku Volume #2 joins our main app, along with Sudoku Worms (from Blobz, Phistomefel, Marty Sears, James Sinclair, and Michael Lefkowitz, and the newest one by Zetamath), Fog of War, and many other variant types, including Lines, Domino, Killer, Thermo, Arrow, Chess, Sandwich, Miracle, and a few Approachable collections. We are always developing more apps! Every app is full of hand-crafted puzzles with hints provided by Simon and Mark. Check out https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps with links to all outlets. ◀ ▶ FIND OUR BOOKS HERE ◀ https://coffeebean.games/product-cate... Cracking the Cryptic’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and Vol 2, as well as the e-book editions of Fog of War (regular and deluxe editions), are all available! Our new website, with many thanks to GeorgeTheToad: https://www.crackingthecryptic.com ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀   / discord   ▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀ https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ [email protected] Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: #crypticcracking @crypticcracking Instagram @crackingthecryptic ▶Credits◀ Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown. SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann Logo: Melvyn Mainini Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu ▶ABOUT US◀ Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles. Thank you for watching! Simon and Mark #crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku ▶ Contents ◀ 0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel 3:28 Rules of today’s puzzle 4:22 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!