** IT'S LIVE: OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED ** Thank you so much to everyone who supported our Kickstarter which launched last Wednesday. Want to take a grab a copy of Cracking The Cryptic's Greatest Hit Volume 2? Here's the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/cracking-the-cryptics-greatest-hits-volume-2?ref=4rrd60 ** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** We have seen the future of sudoku. Innovation drips from Chameleon's latest puzzle. You only get 5 lives to solve it (!) and the digits you manage to deduce REVEAL more of the puzzle. This is quite simply magnificent. Play the puzzle at the link below: https://yusitnikov.github.io/puzzletv/#lumos-maxima Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow’s circle. Each circle occupies a single cell (so no double-digit arrow totals are possible). In cages, digits sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage. The grid is covered with fog. There are two initial light sources that illuminate the darkness and clear the fog. Put correct digits into the cells to get more light (it's ok to put a digit into a cell that is covered by fog). You have 5 lives to solve the puzzle. It costs 1 life for each wrong digit entered. Note: no guessing is required to finish the puzzle. The extra lives are given only to allow for possible typos. [NB If you do use all your lives, the puzzle will freeze and you will have to start again so it is very important to enter digits carefully.] ** OCTOBER MONTHLY REWARD - OUT NOW ** The Duality Sudoku Hunt is just out. Massive thanks and kudos to the Sudoku Skunkworks for creating such a brilliant set of puzzles (14 in all!). You'll be able to enter the competition if you can solve the first 4 sudokus. If you solve all 14 by 20 October, you'll get a shoutout. We've also just released Simon & Mark's solve of Vignettes by zetamath, which you can play at the link below: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/LLTqgTJ682 Join us on Patreon to watch the video for as little as $2/month here: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic ** GET OUR NEW FREE APP AND/OR WATCH US STREAM IT ** To celebrate achieving 500k subscribers, we're trying to say thank you in a couple of ways. We've released a FREE app full of handmade puzzles - simply download the Cracking The Cryptic app on Android, Steam or App Store and then select the 500k pack. We're streaming a playthrough of this app and you can watch the first six episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQUvh91S5Cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbN1GjsHyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i14T75DwV70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbGUFv_UK5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ffx-07sDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stCigrQLi64 We're also able to offer our Cracking The Cryptic Greatest Hits book at a discount for a limited period. (Books are now in very short supply). The coupon code is “500SUBS” and it can be redeemed at checkout here: https://coffeebean.games/ctc-greatest-hits/ ** Our New App Is OUT ** Our new app is OUT on App Store AND Android AND ON PC (via Steam)!! We've completely revamped the interface. Now you download the basic app free and you can choose to download additional content. So there's a FREE pack of puzzles by Prasanna Seshadri and a paid pack: DOMINO SUDOKU!!! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic https://store.steampowered.com/app/2085970/Cracking_the_Cryptic/ ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com Our PO Box address: Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe Box 102 56 Gloucester Road London SW7 4UB (Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.) ▶ SUDOKU PAD - Our New App ◀ 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-sudokupad/id1570622073 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ************************************************************** ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5 ▶ OUR BACK CATALOGUE – ALL CATEGORISED WITH LINKS!◀ https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue ▶ NEW CRACKING THE CRYPTIC MERCHANDISE◀ null ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ crackingthecryptic@gmail.com ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: #crypticcracking @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): https://www.instagram.com/crackingthecryptic/?hl=en