A Sudoku Recommended By One Of The All-Time Greats

** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** Tonight we have a debut on the channel for Sven-Ole Behrend and his sudoku, Disorienting Hits. This has been recommended to us by none other than Marty Sears (who knows a thing or two about this ruleset too, given he invented it!) And, as we should expect, this is rather wonderful. Not too difficult but with some absolutely lovely logic to discover. Play the puzzle at the links below: https://sudokupad.app/31wnj4k03o Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. If two digits are separated by a black dot then one is double the other. Beige Lines are hitlines: Digits along a hitline do not repeat. One end of a hitline (to be determined by the solver) is the starting point. The digit N in the starting point indicates that exactly N digits along that hitline match their position along the hitline, counting from the starting point. Eg: A valid hitline of length 6 could be given by: 4 - 2 - 3 - 9 - 5 - 6, where 4 is the starting point of the hitline (as the 2,3,5 and 6 are in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th position respectively). ▶ NEW MERCHANDISE INCLUDING RAT RUN GOODIES ◀ https://cracking-the-cryptric-shop.fo... ** LAST NIGHT'S BLUE PRINCE STREAM ** Here at 10pm UK time: https://youtube.com/live/uEai18xhxoA ▶ SIMON & MARK ATTEMPT BLUE PRINCE: THE SUDOKU ◀ This new epic (and epically long) video is now on Patreon (as well as our monthly sudoku hunt competition by Sandra & Nala). Check it all out here:   / crackingthecryptic   ▶ BLUE PRINCE STREAMS/VIDEOS ◀ Last week's stream is available here: https://youtube.com/live/DwNgrAEzUaU ▶ CLASSIC SUDOKU 2: OUR BRAND NEW APP ◀ We've released the long-awaited sequel to one of our most popular apps (the original Classic Sudoku). The new app features 60 handmade classic puzzles, including 20 each from the Japanese puzzle masters Nikoli and Sam Cappleman-Lynes (many of which feature competely new techniques)!! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/41... AppStore https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... All our apps can be found at our website with links to all outlets: https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps ▶ SVEN’S SUDOKU PAD ◀ Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s... Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ▶ 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 ▶ Contents Of This Video ◀ 0:00 Intro music and puzzle introduction 1:06 Please help us! 2:03 Happy Birthday 2:58 Rules 6:27 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking #sudoku #puzzle #logicpuzzle