A Step-By-Step Guide To Solving A Mesmerising Sudoku

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
An absolutely astonishing return to the channel tonight for grkles in the form of a brand new, 100% rated puzzle called Stepping Stones - which features an original ruleset and a festival of logical joy!!  As the great Qodec wrote, this is "Mesmerising".

Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/cj8grmrtes

Rules:
Fill the grid such that each row, column, and orthogonally-connected 9-cell region contains each of the digits 1-9 with no repeats. Region borders must be deduced (though one is given). Clues outside the grid give the sum of the first digit seen in each successive region in that row or column. *The summed digits always appear in increasing order.*

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 :)

Patreon: ctc-600k-pack-106717179

** 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 just out!

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.  
- Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword
- Mark's latest series of solves of Connections, the daily New York Times puzzle based on the Only Connect wall game.

** BRAID STREAM **
You can watch our recent stream at this link:

https://youtube.com/live/WcqUhQkwUSY

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You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s...

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...  
Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”

▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:44 Tomorrow's crossword video
2:58 New Listener xword video etc
4:39 Happy Birthdays
7:20 Rules
10:11 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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