Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 50: Cropped Out by Martin Ender In this video, Timotab solves "Cropped Out" (Akari) by Martin Ender Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-50/ Rules: • Place light bulbs in unshaded squares. • Numbers in shaded cells shows how many light bulbs are next to it, vertically and horizontally. • Each light bulb illuminates from bulb to shaded square or outer frame in its row and column. • Every unshaded square must be illuminated and a light bulb can not illuminate another light bulb. To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:41 Rules 00:01:40 Solving the puzzle 00:04:23 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-22 So-So Puzzle by clover! In this video, Timotab solves "So-So Puzzle" by clover! This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/q5pupeu179 Sudoku Twitch Train schedule and links: https://linktr.ee/sudokutwitchtrain To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal 8x8 sudoku rules apply. • If an "S" appears outside of the grid, the first two digits in that row or column (nearest to the S) must be Small (1, 2, 3, or 4). • If an "O" appears outside of the grid, the first two digits in that row or column (nearest to the O) must be Odd (1, 3, 5, or 7). For two party hats, finish within 6:00 🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 11:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a so-Sonorasaurus. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:01:52 Rules 00:02:44 Solving the puzzle 00:08:52 Reflection

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Reflecting On This Wonderful Puzzle | ƧWОЯЯА ߀↾ by ZegreS In this video, Timotab solves "ƧWОЯЯА ߀↾" by ZegreS You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's Sudokupad here: https://sudokupad.app/mctus2ax87 James Sinclair's Artisanal Sudoku: https://artisanalsudoku.com Sudoku Twitch Train schedule and links: https://linktr.ee/sudokutwitchtrain To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Rules: • Normal Sudoku rules apply. • Digits along an arrow can repeat, and must sum to its circled digit. • Blue line reflects odd/even parity. e.g: if r6c2 is odd, r2c6 must be odd. To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:02:26 Rules 00:03:14 Solving the puzzle 00:26:56 Reflection

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Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 49: Strange Antiquities by Prasanna Seshadri In this video, Timotab solves "Strange Antiquities" (Connectlink) by Prasanna Seshadri Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-49/ Rules: • Connect matching symbols by drawing lines (horizontally and vertically) between them • Lines must not branch or cross. • Every cell must be visited. To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:40 Rules 00:01:03 Solving the puzzle 00:12:45 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-21 Arrow Entanglement by Philip Newman In this video, Timotab solves "Arrow Entanglement" by Philip Newman This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/philip-newman/20260421-arrow-entanglement To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab and https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal sudoku rules apply. • Arrow: Digits along arrows must sum to the circled total. (If multiple arrows originate from the same circle, each arrow separately sums to the total.) For two party hats, finish within 7:00🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 15:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a Zero-Carbon Zby. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:00:40 Rules 00:01:18 Solving the puzzle 00:20:23 Reflection

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Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 48: A Wrong Turn (Or Two) by Prasanna Seshadri In this video, Timotab solves "A Wrong Turn (Or Two)" (All Or Nothing Path) by Prasanna Seshadri Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-48/ Rules: • Trace a path from the entrance to the exit, which enters each region at most once. • If it enters a region, it must visit every cell in that region. • Two regions connected vertically or horizontally cannot both be left unvisited. To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:43 Rules 00:02:01 Solving the puzzle 00:06:12 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-20 Kropki Cages Sudoku by Bill Murphy In this video, Timotab solves "Kropki Cages" by Bill Murphy This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/fah0d6vyk0 To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal Sudoku Rules Apply. • The sum of digits in cages separated by a black diamond must have a 1:2 ratio. The sum of digits in cages separated by a white diamond must differ by one. Not all diamonds are given. For two party hats, finish within 8:00 🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 15:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a C-Saurophaganax. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:00:47 Rules 00:01:48 Solving the puzzle 00:12:34 Reflection

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This Puzzle is On Target! | Paintball by Tallcat In this video, Timotab solves "Paintball" by Tallcat You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's Sudokupad here: https://sudokupad.app/qqgq74ah25 James Sinclair's Artisanal Sudoku: https://artisanalasudoku.com To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Rules: • Normal Sudoku rules apply. • Arrow Sudoku: Digits on arrows must sum to the digit in the circle. Digits may repeat on arrows if allowed by other rules. • Killer Sudoku: Digits in cages must sum to the digit in the top left corner of the cage. Digits may not repeat in cages. To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:01:09Rules 00:02:00 Solving the puzzle 00:25:35 Reflection

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Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 47: Some Assembly Required by JinHoo Ahn In this video, Timotab solves "Some Assembly Required" (Nurikabe) by JinHoo Ahn Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-46/ Rules: • Shade some cells such that the shaded cells form a single orthogonally connected group. • Each number is unshaded, and indicates the size of the orthogonally connected region of unshaded cells that contains it. Every region of unshaded cells contains exactly one number. • There are no 2x2 areas of shaded cells To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:41 Rules 00:01:25 Solving the puzzle 00:06:51 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-19 X Marks The Spot by clover! In this video, Timotab solves "X Marks The Spot" by clover! This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/ggs5lx81xt To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal sudoku rules apply. • Digits marked with an X indicate the total number of distinct digits in the four cells diagonally adjacent to the X cell. For two party hats, finish within 8:00 🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 15:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a neighborly Nebulasaurus. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:01:23 Rules 00:02:05 Solving the puzzle 00:09:45 Reflection

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Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 46: The Mix-Up by Serkan Yürekli In this video, Timotab solves "Hot On The Trail" (Shikaku) by Serkan Yürekli Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-46/ Rules: • Divide the grid into rectangles (including squares), each with exactly one circle inside it • The number in the circle is the number of cells in the rectangle that the clue is inside. • Circles without numbers can be in a rectangular region of any size To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:40 Rules 00:01:10 Solving the puzzle 00:09:23 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-18 Slow Ride by Philip Newman In this video, Timotab solves "Slow Ride" by Philip Newman This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/philip-newman/20260418-slow-ride To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab and https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal sudoku rules apply. • Slow Thermo: Digits along slow thermometers must increase or stay the same moving from bulb to tip. For two party hats, finish within 8:00🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 17:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a Yawning Yamanasaurus. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:00:36 Rules 00:01:13 Solving the puzzle 00:22:02 Reflection

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A Tasty Dessert | Differences between Bananas and Chocolate by Phil The Hat In this video, Timotab solves "Differences between Bananas and Chocolate" by Phil The Hat You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's Sudokupad here: https://sudokupad.app/ks355f58gh To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Rules: • Normal Sudoku rules apply. • Each cell must be shaded one of two colours, chocolate or banana. Orthogonally connected cells of the same colour form regions. Chocolate regions must be square or rectangular in shape. Banana regions must be neither square nor rectangular. • Digits separated by a white circle must each be equal to the number of cells in its region. A number within a circle is equal to the difference between the two digits it separates. To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:00:26 Rules 00:02:00 Solving the puzzle 00:29:16 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-17 Alternating Stripes Sudoku by Bill Murphy In this video, Timotab solves "Alternating Stripes Sudoku" by Bill Murphy This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/wf9dk2wbdy To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal Sudoku Rules Apply. • Digits must alternate between increasing and decreasing along grey lines. For two party hats, finish within 8:30 🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 16:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a See-Saurornithoides. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:00:44 Rules 00:01:58 Solving the puzzle 00:18:04 Reflection

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Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 45: Hot On The Trail by JinHoo Ahn In this video, Timotab solves "Hot On The Trail" (Slitherlink Path) by JinHoo Ahn Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-45/ Rules: • Connect adjacent dots with vertical or horizontal lines to make a single path from the entrance to the exit. • The numbers indicate how many lines surround it, while empty cells may be surrounded by any number of lines. • The path never crosses itself and never branches off. To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:41 Rules 00:01:23 Solving the puzzle (my way) 00:22:21 Solving it again (using the hints) 00:34:39 Reflection

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Thinky Dailies - Season 2, Episode 44: The Missing Book by Prasanna Seshadri In this video, Timotab solves "The Missing Book" (Shikaku) by Prasanna Seshadri Try this for yourself on the Thinky Games website: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/2-44/ Rules: • Divide the grid into rectangles (including squares), each with exactly one circle inside it • The number in the circle is the number of cells in the rectangle that the clue is inside. • Circles without numbers can be in a rectangular region of any size To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Join me at the Puzzle Plaza Discord: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction, Welcome, and Story 00:00:51 Rules 00:01:37 Solving the puzzle 00:04:39 Reflection

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GAS 2026-04-16 Once Again, Not An Arrow Sudoku by clover! In this video, Timotab solves "Once Again, Not An Arrow Sudoku" by clover! This is a Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) puzzle. It's designed such that if you're unfamiliar with the additional constraints in variant sudoku, you should still be able to understand the rules and be able to solve it. Do have a try! You can try this puzzle for yourself using Sven's SudokuPad here: https://sudokupad.app/p69fzqn8b4 To support my channel: https://patreon.com/Timotab or https://ko-fi.com/timotab Rules: • Normal sudoku rules apply. • The digits along each arrow are all less than the digit in the attached circle. For two party hats, finish within 7:00 🎩🥳 For one party hat, finish within 13:00 🥳 All other solvers will earn a bendy Barsboldia. 🦕 For more GAS puzzles check out https://sudokutheory.com/gas/ or https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/tag/gas/ To submit a puzzle for consideration, please email me at sudoku@timothy.org.uk or contact me via discord: @timotab Join the Puzzle Plaza Discord server: https://discord.gg/AEhpTG4z45 Contents: 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:00:49 Rules 00:01:19 Solving the puzzle 00:11:10 Reflection

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Lighting up another puzzle | Daily Akari #462 by hyd0708 YouTube video by timotab

I solved a recent #dailyakari puzzle by @hyd0708.bsky.social - you can check out my solve here: youtu.be/F0qbxz_ilZc

What surprises are in store? YouTube video by timotab

A special episode today! youtu.be/5TjnCOJzjnw

100 solve videos deserves a puzzle with 100 cells. YouTube video by timotab

100 sudoku solve videos! 🎉
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Happy Valentine's Day! YouTube video by timotab

Have a happy Valentine’s Day and enjoy this themed puzzle. youtu.be/VfGRKwBkN6E?...

Cold.

A puzzle that's not hard to grasp. YouTube video by timotab

Today’s sudoku video solve. youtu.be/8Ft3gLuiSFc

Getting Misty Eyed, in memory of my Dad. YouTube video by timotab

Remembering my Dad with a special Sudoku solve. youtu.be/hjWc3CvriYU?...

Happy New Year Sudoku: It's a bit WROGN! YouTube video by Cracking The Cryptic

I’m stoked! I had a Sudoku puzzle that I created featured on Cracking The Cryptic, the largest Sudoku solving channel on YouTube.
Check it out! You can even try the puzzle for yourself if you like. (It’s the first link in the video description)

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Do you know how to make an egg roll?

You push it.

Six connected puzzles: Spelunking into a foggy mine. YouTube video by timotab

A fun set of puzzles that teaches you a constraint then uses it in different ways. It’s a total of six puzzles and all are approachable. The link to the first puzzle is in the description of this video, and then when you solve it you get given links to the other puzzles.

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A beautiful puzzle to celebrate Christmas. YouTube video by timotab

Marry Christmas! Please enjoy this solve of a beautifully presented Christmas themed sudoku! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XvT...

Being a dad is so fun at Christmas. You also get to be surprised by the gifts you’re giving your child.

@randalschwartz.bsky.social sooner friends and I were interested in seeing what our first purchases on Amazon were. Look what I found.