I Heard You Like Cages!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
A debut on the channel tonight for vitaminz aka Justin Vitanza with a beautiful-looking and beautiful-solving puzzle involving look-and-say cages!  It's called I Heard You Like Cages and it's well worth your time!

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/62l02qt79r

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Each cage in the grid is either a killer cage or a “look-and-say” cage (or both), with each to be determined by the solver. Cage colours are purely for decoration. In a killer cage, digits must not repeat and must sum to the small clue in the top-left corner of the cage. In a “Look-and-Say” cage, the number in the top left corner reveals how many of a digit are in that cage. The units place indicates the digit and the tens place indicates exactly how many times that digit appears. Digits may repeat in look-and-say cages if allowed by this and other rules. Example: If a look-and-say cage has the clue "14" then there is exactly one 4 in the cage.

Thanks to all of you who have helped us achieve the milestone of 600,000 subscribers on YouTube.  Below you can find a link to a free puzzle pack we have curated to celebrate :)

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** NEW SUDOKU HUNT BY PAWS RELEASED 1 JULY **
We've just launched a brand new competition - a sudoku hunt by Paws featuring lots of smaller-sized sudokus.  It's intended to be a bit easier than usual as July is a holiday month for many of us so do have a go, especially if you're new to variant sudoku!

We've also got a new series of linked sudokus from rockratzero incoming!

Patreon: crackingthecryptic

Other treats on Patreon include:
- The Lord Of The Rings Sudoku Hunt by Blobz (and Simon's solve videos)
- Simon's solve of Sky-Skyscraper by Phistomefel has just been uploaded for our patrons.  
- and Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword

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https://youtube.com/live/WcqUhQkwUSY

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music
0:19 New crossword video
0:49 Puzzle intro
2:30 The oasis of truths
2:56 Paws' Sudoku Hunt Released!
3:56 Happy Birthdays etc
4:31 Rules
6:37 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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