Variant Sudoku

The Bard

The Bard has 14 puzzles in the Variant Sudoku catalog, most often with Killer, Arrow and Quadruple. One was solved on Cracking the Cryptic. Every puzzle below links to its original home, so the setter gets the credit and the traffic.

Puzzles here1412 are 9×9
First puzzle2023Tight Fit
Latest puzzleMay 2026Hot, Cold, Just Right
Logic Masters solves6,066Average rating 91% · 1 on CTC

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Puzzles by The Bard

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

Simple but Effective gridLM6×6

Simple but Effective

Very easy377 solves
ArrowOdd/EvenKillerAnti-Knight
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