** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** An absolutely stunning debut on the channel today from Al Fresco and their sudoku Double Or Half. A few weeks ago Simon exclaimed in a video that he didn't want constructors thinking about cells that could halve the value of the digit they contain... well Al Fresco ignored that plea :) Play the puzzle at the link below: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/t9R8FpbtRJ Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits cannot repeat in cages and sum to the cage total. Each row, column and box contains a “doubler” and each row, column and box contains a “halver”. For the purposes of cage totals a digit in a doubler cell counts as twice its face value and a digit in a halver cell counts as half its face value. Each digit 1-9 appears once in a doubler cell and once in a halver cell. Additionally doubler and halver cells cannot be a kings move away from other doubler or halver cells. (I.e. normal star battle rules apply to the modified cells!). ** NEW PATREON SOLVE ** Congratulations to Holly Lay for winning the November competition, The 12 Labours Of Hercules by Peter Veenis, Aspartagcus and Panthera! Solution videos are out! https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic ** NEW GAS PACK IS OUT ** The new GAS pack is out on Steam for PC here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2199960/Cracking_the_Cryptic__GAS_Volume_1/ It's already out on Android and App Store. 60 original puzzles by Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Clover and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles! We've also released a FREE app full of handmade puzzles to celebrate reaching 500k subscribers - 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 all seven episodes ▶ 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