This Sudoku has Maximum Impact

Here's where you can try High Impact by Playmaker6174: sudokupad.app/t884uj5ock#puzzle1
Normal sudoku rules apply. Within a cage, digits do not repeat and sum to the total given.
▶ OUR PATREON PAGE - JOIN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US AND TRY OUR PUZZLE HUNTS◀
/ crackingthecryptic
This month’s Patreon reward is a fascinating collection of puzzles based on snake eggs by the great Philipp Blume. You don’t already have to be an expert on the genre to enjoy this one, as the earlier puzzles will help you build toward success in the later ones. Join us for $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month or higher to have access to solution videos. All members have access to a Patreon-only discord channel to discuss the puzzles and get help! (Lots of other great content on Patreon includes past rewards, cryptic crossword solves, more!) We really appreciate your support!
Recently released on our Patreon site (completely free) is a new, beautiful pack of Fog of War puzzles by Sandra & Nala called ‘Joyful Moments.’ Go to our Patreon link above to access the puzzles.
▶ Find our merchandise here: ◀
cracking-the-cryptic.creator-...
▶ Cracking the Cryptic BOOKS available here ◀
Did you miss the Kickstarters for our books and e-book? You can now order them here: coffeebean.games/product-cate... Cracking the Cryptic’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and Vol 2, as well as the e-book editions of Fog of War (regular and deluxe editions), are all available!
▶ Cracking the Cryptic App ◀
Our main app (which is itself completely free) contains packs featuring Domino, Lines, and GAS puzzles, with a few special free sets as well! All the puzzles are hand-crafted by us and some of the best constructors in the world, with hints by Simon and Mark.
AppStore apps.apple.com/us/app/crackin...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/20...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
▶ ALL OUR OTHER APPS ◀
All our apps contain handmade sudoku puzzles by ourselves and many of the best constructors in the world, tested and hinted by Simon and Mark. Links are ALL here: crackingthecryptic.com/#apps or search for Cracking the Cryptic and the app name on your favourite app provider: Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, Sandwich, Domino and GAS 1 and 2, and brand-new Lines.
▶ SUDOKU PAD ◀ Input classic sudoku puzzles into our software. With 12 free puzzles:
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/17...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
/ discord
▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE - CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀
tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
[e-mail]
Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: #crypticcracking
@crypticcracking
Instagram @crackingthecryptic
▶Credits◀
Music: Tim McCaskey (Guitar) or Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Joel Blundell
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
2:04 Rules of today’s puzzle
2:28 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!

[@Playmaker6174]

Wow, I’m so delighted to see this puzzle appear on the channel, thank you both Simon and Mark for keeping us entertained at least once every day/night! :) It’s genuinely sweet that your solve nailed every detail in this one (including the ‘breaking symmetry’ point as well) and it relived my first reaction when I finished the setting of this puzzle, so thank you so much for the great feedback and also thanks to every other solver that supported this one as well! _[Fun fact, this one was made in honor of my friend James Sinclair for his great contributions over the time; it’s also meant for a nice change of pace after all of the hard works I’d done for a very long while and you can tell there’s some James’s elements in this one.]_

[@d4r4butler74]

Wonderful puzzle!

[@megwinberg936]

Absolutely loved this puzzle

[@compdude551]

Mark “don’t make me do coloring” Simon “I have to do sodoku of all things”

[@bibliopolist]

Simon with 80 digits in the grid: "I think we'll be able to solve this now. Let's colour the rest of the digits first."

[@efa666]

This is one of those puzzles that I wouldn't have attempted a few years ago, but just from watching these videos I was tucking into some solid deductions within a few minutes.

[@bronsonstephens3493]

I feel the exact same. I have felt my deductive reason increase over the last two years of watching them. I can now spot patterns and logic I definitely would have missed years ago.

[@MattYDdraig]

28:13 A cracking example of how to build complexity from simplicity. No fancy special rules but so much going on with the cages.

[@mipsuperk]

15:23 I love seeing color get removed. It's like clearing pencil marks after finding a digit. It's very satisfying. Simon does the opposite. He insists on keeping useless colors all the way through.

[@biaberg3448]

I think Simon doesn’t see the colors after a while

[@stevieinselby]

@@biaberg3448 The problem is that the colours dominate the grid (especially with his beloved dark green and blue) so he ends up not seeing a lot of other stuff as well 🙈

[@biaberg3448]

@@stevieinselby I think you may be right, when one is very consentraded on a task, other things around can be invisible.

[@niverio8400]

Playmaker is definitely an arithmetic master. And he always finds ways to implement geometric tricks on top, and this one is no different. Glad to see this one here, its a lovely snack with a delicious flavor.

[@kplowch22]

Absolutely stealing the phrase “That may not butter any parsnips”

[@JS...]

It's an actual historical relic, originating from 17th century.

[@stevesebzda570]

Nah, "buttered potatoes" (parsely potatoes) is far more common. I have a feeling, ever since "The Great Potato Famine" in Europe, parsnips were used (and became a lifestyle). "That's not buttering any potatoes," is what I'm used to. Screw the "parsnips" in other words. Rutabagas or turnips, Anyone? That's where your parsnips are in other words. "Potatoes."

[@stevesebzda570]

Go 'head, tell me I'm wrong? I've never actually tasted a "parsnip," (but I sold a few). I imagine a parsnip is like a rutabaga or turnip. Tell me I'm wrong?! Let's not even go onto parsley root (that most certainly looks like a parsnip). I imagine "parsnips" to be like "rutabagas" and :turnips." Tell me I'm wrong (wrogn)?!? "Buttered potatoes," though. But tell me I'm wrong? 😂

[@joana_drb]

Absolutely loved this puzzle and Mark’s solve of it! It felt so smooth and brilliant, an absolute joy to watch 😌

[@srwapo]

30:48, there were some neat bits of logic that I'm happy I was able to figure out. My time was a little long because I had to undo a bunch after discovering a mistype.

[@GregJonson]

Quite scary looking, but quite approachable. It's amazing that CtC still features an easier puzzle from time to time amidst the multi-hour monstrosities. D:

[@juliabogd6391]

One of the best puzzles I solved recently! Those small pieces of logic went together really beautifully

[@blobz-1]

Gorgeous puzzle, Playmaker -- great setting!

[@xyphic]

I think this is one of the first cage puzzles I've attempted without the crutch of the cage calculator and happily finished in around 30 minutes. Logical and elegant, what an enjoyable puzzle.

[@LeeNotSa]

What took me 40 minutes to deduce, Mark explained within the first 12 mins of the solve. And I love it! This is why we watch and learn from the best!

[@TomatoFarmer8]

Great puzzle! I bogged down at the end because I missed the 1-3’s pointing at R4C4 for the longest time. And they were so obvious!

[@kuraban1]

Playmaker puzzles are always so nice. Just enjoyed every minute of this.

[@titusadduxas]

37:44 - Happy enough with that.

[@chocolateboy300]

I finished in 32 minutes. I really like this puzzle. It seems I gel well with these symmetric puzzles and I am able to see so much for some reason. This has got to be one of my favorites. I really liked the flow of the logic, especially figuring out that the 28 cages had to contain the same numbers. Coloring made it really easy to see some of the logic, like the 89s. Great Puzzle!

[@midnight7535]

37:09 I was a bit slow with some parts, but enjoyed it a lot. Great puzzle!

[@vulkandrache1928]

This was a very fun coloring puzzle. The 28'ers couldnt ever have different constituents or you would always clash box 1.

[@emilywilliams3237]

A great puzzle and solve - thanks, Mark. The simple ruleset belies a beautiful solution path.

[@roccov3614]

I loved this puzzle where coloring did so much work.

[@Rach881101]

18:35 for me. Nice puzzle!

[@SirWulfrick]

32:45 ... I gotta step up my game. lol

[@Salman-os7pr]

Beautiful puzzle, took me a while, around 50 minutes, But loved it!

[@Gonzalo_Garcia_]

8:08 for me. Fantastic puzzle!!

[@piarittersporn]

Very beautiful puzzle.

[@darthrainbows]

Nice one, solved in 19:50

[@Kirbyfan87827]

Finished in 26:00 flat. It's a good day when I can do both CtC puzzles.

[@jackiekwan]

Finally a rule set with less than 20 words :p

[@bristolrovers27]

Lovely puzzle beautiful construction

[@ericpraline1302]

Very smooth, thanks, though my approach wasn't exactly the same as Mark's.

[@mudscuffer]

Nice puzzle. 23:37 for me

[@stevesebzda570]

76 minds Got it Fun Nice one

[@alanclarke4646]

Fun puzzle 😊

[@megaminxpll]

Done in 10:44, my first digit was the 4 in cage 4 ...

[@DjurslandsEfterskole]

Did it without help 🙌🏻

[@anaayoung9142]

What a beautiful puzzle. Great logic, not hard for me. 😆

[@zobososhizion6478]

00:47:07 It's all there just takes scanning

[@TurquoizeGoldscraper]

28:42 for me.

[@davidh.4944]

I know it took me longer than 20 minutes, but I must've flubbed it with the pause button, so I have no idea by how much. Maybe around 45 or so? I also needed just a bit of video help this time to get past a difficult spot near the start. other than that, it was ok.

[@Ray-iu7hg]

13:46 for me

[@_-_-Sipita-_-_]

10:00 for me.

[@craigroberts7013]

16m 52s

[@RADZIO895]

23:41 for me

[@theredstoneengineer6934]

46:11 for me

[@Pritchie45]

72 minutes

[@ScorpioHR]

Yay! First

[@NicholasLayton]

first

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

Dammit, that took me some time. 62 minutes.

[@robertcousins2274]

13:54 for me