High Gear: James Sinclair constructs another artisanal workshop of a Sudoku for our enjoyment

[@AditaBattleForge]

14 mins, solver 165. This was quite straightforward, but enjoyable! @16:10 the 1 and the 3 are pinched onto the arrow in box 1.

[@mscha]

The arrow in the top left corner could be pretty much solved around 8:20 already. 1 and 3 must be on the arrow, it can't be 1+2=3, so it must be 1+3=4. Only the positions of the 1 and 3 are still to be determined.

[@allikin75]

13:17, solver 198. 2 or 3 stars on LMG is my preferred area, but when I'm at work (😅) I like them nice and easy for small mental breaks.

[@anaayoung9142]

07:08 nice puzzle, thanks 😆

[@TravisCrump-hy4ke]

I do these without the extra clues(the extra clues were all the kropki dots), and thought it was only 2.5/5 for difficulty. I usually look at the extra clues afterwards, and sometimes I'm not even sure what they do, but here I think they bypassed the interesting logic.

[@SudokuSleuth]

If James published them later in the week, I probably would feature the harder one for a weekend. As it is I suspect the puzzles without the extra clues are just too tough for a weekday.

[@Sinisest1121]

34:24 for me without extra clues(no kropki dots). Very interesting part was here must be 4 when 4 is like direct neighbor :D.

[@steampunkskunk3638]

19:24, was stuck for a while until i found the secret of the arrow in box 1

[@titusadduxas]

32:06 - Not so quick on this one. Got there in the end though.

[@chrisbrogan3307]

Tremendous

[@kvom01]

23:51

[@robertneedham3773]

You have Civ 7?

[@SudokuSleuth]

You can pre-purchase it and of course play it once released in February.

[@psiphiorg]

Some fun deductions in this one! My time today was 5:17, solver number 139. And I'd be interested in watching you stream some games, whether Civ or otherwise.

[@SudokuSleuth]

Thanks psiphiorg

[@niyazali7983]

6:19 today for me.

[@Antiknight]

00:03:46 for me! 1 star for sure but a cool puzzle :D

[@SudokuSleuth]

That’s quick!

[@jonbrowne]

11:45 to solve!

[@boydegg]

11:09 but I bifurcated and got lucky