The Sudoku Circuit

Five sudokus on the day's card, easiest grid first, drawn from a rotating pool. A different mix tomorrow.

Start the run with Towers

5games

75points on offer

0/5played today

The run, in order

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1TowersSkyscrapersCount the towers in viewSkyscrapers: every row and column holds each tower height once, and each border clue counts the towers visible from there, taller ones hiding shorter ones. 5x5 weekdays, 7x7 Sundays, nothing counted against you, the clock decides the day.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2SixesMini sudoku, 6x6The daily mini sudokuA 6x6 sudoku in six boxes two squares tall and three wide. Every row, column and box holds 1 to 6 exactly once. The short one: about two minutes, nothing counts against you, and the clock decides the day.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3CagesKiller sudokuThe daily killer sudokuKiller sudoku: not one digit is printed. The grid is cut into cages labeled with the total of the digits inside them, and those totals are the whole clue set.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4SudsClassic sudoku, 9x9The daily sudokuFill the nine by nine grid so every row, column, and box holds one through nine exactly once.Today's board1 2 3 Play 5SandoSandwich sudokuThe daily sandwich sudokuSandwich sudoku: the number beside each row and column is the total of the digits lying between that line’s 1 and its 9. Find those two and the grid falls out.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 5 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 5 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

Grid LockedFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.gold

The same 5 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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