This FOG is a Killer GAS
(Published on 9. April 2025, 15:23 by meggen033)
Solve with SudokuPad
• Normal Sudoku rules apply.
• The grid is partially covered with fog. Correctly placed digits will clear the fog around that cell. No guessing is required.
• Digits in a cage do not repeat and sum to the clue in the top left.
• A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are given.
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Happy Solving and God Bless
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Solution code: Enter row 7 digits
Comments
on 24. July 2025, 00:28 by WiseTraveller
13:37 nice
on 26. June 2025, 17:15 by midnightflyer76
awesome puzzle! 12:25
on 29. May 2025, 10:35 by Obi Swag Kenobi
nice
on 28. May 2025, 18:21 by Obi Swag Kenobi
nice
on 13. May 2025, 00:28 by Mr.CHEN
5:26
on 12. May 2025, 10:51 by Darion
05:44. Very nice flow!
on 29. April 2025, 23:27 by cozoq
8:24 here. Lovely one!
on 29. April 2025, 18:08 by ascudieri
22:00 here for someone a bit new to variant sudoku. I missed something obvious about half-way through, but once I noticed it, the rest flowed very smoothly. Great puzzle and thank you for sharing!
on 25. April 2025, 18:33 by NeroQ
GAS indeed, but also very nice one
on 24. April 2025, 03:51 by st4134
18:16, nice puzzle
on 22. April 2025, 21:43 by zimmicks
Over 30 minutes while at work, sneaking in this puzzle :-)
on 22. April 2025, 18:49 by mwalles
It took me 17:17. Would have been faster, but I miss penciled marked a cell and had to backtrack to find where it was.
Great puzzle and completely approachable.
on 20. April 2025, 21:33 by CSStead
I agree, this is a GAS! Thank you for all your puzzles.
on 20. April 2025, 13:10 by ChulioZ
14 minutes while recording for my YouTube channel — check it out here:
https://youtu.be/49augo2WmTU
on 10. April 2025, 23:27 by mightcould
11:23 for me, and I rated this 1/5 for difficulty as I do most puzzles that take me under 15-20 minutes. I usually do GAS puzzles faster, but I'd call this GAS too. Nice.
on 10. April 2025, 21:29 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 6:49
I rated this 1/5 difficulty
Great GAS puzzle! It was a nice & approachable solve, and definitely in the right difficulty range (1*).
It was a bit easier than most of your other FoW puzzles (from the various different series), and it had a short/simple ruleset that would be great for beginners to work with.
I typically consider a puzzle to be a 'GAS' if a beginner would be able to successfully solve the puzzle without any assistance (and with no guessing), given they have a basic understanding of classic sudoku & the included variant rules. So they would fall in the 1* or easier 2* difficulty range.
I think 2* puzzles can be a GAS puzzle, depending on why they are 'harder' than a normal 1*. For example, if the logic to resolve a key cell requires several different deductions from multiple different clues, but the individual deductions are straightforward/approachable/easy on their own - then I may consider it 'genuinely approachable' while still being 2* difficulty because of the required logical steps. IIRC, the CTC GAS collections have puzzles included that could be considered 2* difficulty (at least, IMO there were several trickier ones) - and that is partially what I'm basing this off of.
I also think that FoW helps make trickier puzzles 'genuinely approachable', since the solver is forced to look at specific areas of the puzzle that are important. Since there is a narrower area to search, finding the logic (even if slightly harder than a 1*) becomes much easier IMO.
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Either way, this puzzle definitely falls into that category - and I think several other puzzles from your various FoW series and some of your other easier anti-knight puzzles would also fit into the 'GAS' category (at least the easier ones from those series).
Thanks for sharing!
on 10. April 2025, 21:08 by tyfus
14:43, I liked it! :-)
on 10. April 2025, 20:51 by MattJones
9:07 for me. Lovely GAS.
on 10. April 2025, 15:59 by jahela97
6:54 - nice one :)
on 10. April 2025, 15:28 by jcw1407
took 15:32, but I did find it very approachable
on 10. April 2025, 13:14 by rgggggggg
i was a bit slow, took me 21:50, but still rate it very easy and great for beginners
on 10. April 2025, 01:26 by m_and_m_toastie
12:02 for me. I think this is slightly on the harder side of GAS, but still falls within that description. Very fun and well-made, as always!
on 10. April 2025, 00:11 by ostio456
9:27 for me.... It was only so long ago i remember struggling with variant sudoku and its fun to see how with practice it always gets easier
on 10. April 2025, 00:10 by tinkerer
Awesome flow, nice break-in :)
on 9. April 2025, 23:50 by Tank
11:20 here, trying to work on my speed. Great puzzle
on 9. April 2025, 23:18 by ofsmul
10:28 for me. A fun quick break! :)
on 9. April 2025, 22:20 by Joozd
13:05 but I am usually pretty slow. Liked it!
on 9. April 2025, 22:15 by sacklunch
11:52 for me - I am not a fast solver, but it was a fun GAS!
on 9. April 2025, 21:15 by Fizz
Nice time of 5:55 hehe - and I think the cage in box 6 is not necessary. Nice puzzle, thanks.
on 9. April 2025, 20:40 by Killer-Ly
9:25 with temperature and headaches. Definitely a GAS.
Thank you for this lovely puzzle
on 9. April 2025, 20:12 by nunc
6:10. Definitely a GAS. And a nice one. Thanks for sharing.
on 9. April 2025, 20:03 by kopo1
Coolio!
on 9. April 2025, 18:42 by jaeger_puzzles
21:50 to solve. Still somewhat a rookie at sudoku, but this was truly a wonderfully fun solve!
on 9. April 2025, 18:20 by awwkaw
17:10.
Nice puzzle, I think it works great as GAS.
on 9. April 2025, 17:37 by Soleil
19:38 and record for slowest comment so far! Even though I am slow I found this puzzle very enjoyable. I love when fog reveals just enough. It felt just right.
on 9. April 2025, 17:27 by Myfyr MJ
Nice fog puzzle - 9:24 for me so probably the one party hat GAS standard?
on 9. April 2025, 17:15 by haddocksmack
12:01 for me, but I'm usually in the 20-30 minute range for a 1* puzzle. I'd say this is a GAS!
on 9. April 2025, 17:07 by drmegadude
6:04!
on 9. April 2025, 16:51 by emmalee256
6:00 on the dot for me! Thanks for another fun puzzle!
on 9. April 2025, 16:01 by PinkNickels
3:38 today
on 9. April 2025, 15:45 by sujoyku
Lovely GAS puzzle. 3:53 for me.
Thank you, meggen033!
on 9. April 2025, 15:43 by cbattles
9:48
Definitely GAS. I'm not a speed runner. I bet we see times in 5's
on 9. April 2025, 15:39 by pms_headache
Woo hoo! Speed run! I win!!
