The Doubling Loop: This Puzzle Is SO Beautiful!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Doubling Loop is a new sudoku from yttrio and some of the logic here is just ridiculous.  It's not too difficult a puzzle either so please don't miss out on this one!

Play the puzzle at the link below:
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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in that arrow's circle. Draw a one-cell-wide loop of orthogonally connected cells.  The loop may not touch itself, not even diagonally. Digits on the loop count as double their value for the purposes of arrows/circles.

** NEW JAMES BOND SUDOKU HUNT OUT ON 1 APRIL **
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Apart from the new James Bond sudoku hunt, there's:

- Simon's latest forays into the world of Islands Of Insight
- Mark's video looking at the new OneUp puzzle from Rodolfo Kurchan.
- his solve of Region Geometry by Emre Kolotoğlu (3hr 36min long...!)
- Mark's solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:12 New solution videos
2:04 Happy Birthdays
4:24 Rules
6:47 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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