Whisper This Sudoku Secret

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An old favourite on the channel, Florian Wortmann, has made this beautiful hybrid sudoku combining killer cages with German Whisper lines. This is a LOT of fun :) Play the puzzle at the link below:
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Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in cages cannot repeat and must sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage. Neighbouring digits on a green line have a difference of at least 5.
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[@FlorianWortmann]

Hey Simon, thanks for the feature! Glad to see you enjoyed the puzzle and I hope everyone watching does as well. I've had a bit of bad news this week, so this came just in the right moment to cheer me up again.

[@sambmortimer]

74 minutes! When I first started following this channel I couldn't even begin most of these let alone make progress, but now I'm starting to solve some of the easier ones, albeit slowly.

[@krtwood]

85 minutes for me and I don't care if I'm at more than double what everybody else did. Still proud of getting it on my own.

[@firnen_]

First time I solved one of these without looking anything up in the video. Took me 90 minutes but hey, it's a start and it was a lot of fun and really feels like an accomplishment having completed it.

[@andrewcook8093]

The first time ever I’ve seen a break in before Simon. I noticed immediately that the central cell had to be 1 or 9 and either low or high digits in the middle cross. By doing maths on the middle row and central column you can work out that the digits at the edges can’t be high enough if the central square is 1 so it must be 9.

[@SnowTheJamMan]

Wow i actually beat the video time, solved this one some weeks back and it took me 27 minutes. Granted i didn't have to do introductions or explain everything, but i'm still happy haha

[@joelstevens5670]

Wow, I was not expecting that! The interaction of the 5th row and column plus a few cages and whispers lines, a piece of logic revolving around the middle cell of the grid and the way it triggered the solve of the entire puzzle…that was sublime! Thank you to Florian for setting it and what a sudoku hybrid! :)

[@Coyotek4]

21:59

[@nonyobisniss7928]

After spending over an hour failing to do a puzzle that required set theory a week ago, today I thought I'd skip that and go straight to set theory, after having noted the grid looked suspiciously "boxy". I didn't waste an hour on it, but that false start cost mea good 10-15 minutes. Final time: 45 minutes. This puzzle gave me that baffling feeling of 'I have no idea how to start this', but it amazingly seemed to resolve quite methodically if you just keep chipping away at the possibilities. Great puzzle Florian!

[@bristolrovers27]

Nice puzzle

[@Stinolez]

Immediately when Simon marked the central box I was like - ok, so next he's gonna say - the central square needs to be either 1 or 9 ..

[@mattinm]

I finally beat Simon 🎉!

[@crystalgehrt8861]

The 28 having such an impact in box 8 was my favorite part. It's a really neat idea for a puzzle and was a fun solve.

[@kevinmartin7760]

15:20

[@OG29]

Isn't it wonderful how sudoku and arithmetic get along with each other!?

[@Steelsky]

I was putting the 9 year old boy to bed and he wasn't... motivated to sleep. To wind down I watched this solve with him as I know he's been doing Sudoku at school and while it didn't change his sleepiness any we did have an excellent time talking through the solve.

[@Celvinbell]

I clicked the puzzle link before watching the realized and the CTC software filled up automatically partially started. I must have started it when it came out on LMG, so I just resumed the solved and finished it. Thanks for reminding me to finish the puzzle!

[@pelahnar4]

16:10

[@HunterJE]

6:40

[@kelv_kei]

21:41