Variant Sudoku

ChinStrap

ChinStrap has 9 puzzles in the Variant Sudoku catalog, most often with Multitask Clues, Count and Non-Repeat. 7 were solved on Cracking the Cryptic. Every puzzle below links to its original home, so the setter gets the credit and the traffic.

Puzzles here94 are 9×9
First puzzle2024Diagonal Dots
Latest puzzleMay 2026Da Copycat Present
Logic Masters solves619Average rating 96% · 7 on CTC

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Puzzles by ChinStrap

Newest first. “Play here” opens the puzzle in Variant Sudoku, loaded live from the setter’s own link.

There's Sum-Thing in the Shadows gridCTC

There's Sum-Thing in the Shadows

· with sujoyku
Hard64 min video
CountNon-RepeatRegion Sum LinesYin-Yang
Six Hit Wonder gridCTC

Six Hit Wonder

· with Marty Sears
Very hard88 min video
CountCounting SetsEntropic LinesEqual Split Lines
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