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Thank You Very Much by James Sinclair

Added 2024-11-21 20:44:55 +0000 UTC

As mentioned in tonight's video, Simon was scheduled to attempt this puzzle today before we were inundated with requests to look at James' Fog Of Where?. Unsurprisingly this is also a wonderful sudoku - James is on fire!!

Play the puzzle at the link below:

https://sudokupad.app/james-sinclair/thank-you-very-much

Rules: Fill the grid with nine non-overlapping 3x3 square regions, such that each region contains the digits 1-9 once each and no digit repeats in any row or column. Cells outside regions do not contain digits. Each cage must contain digits that sum to the given total, and digits cannot repeat within a cage. Digits on the thermometer increase from the bulb. Along green lines, each digit must differ from the next digit on the line by at least 5. Region borders divide blue lines into segments with the same sum. (Cells without digits are ignored for the purposes of cages and line clues.)

Simon's attempt can be watched here:

https://youtu.be/DbbhXoGnZBU