This is the first one of my puzzles to be featured on Cracking The Cryptic. I was amazed that Simon chose my puzzle to solve on Christmas Day. I created this for the December 2020 monthly puzzle prompt in the CtC fan discord server. The theme was the 12 days of Christmas.
Killer partridge in a pear sandwich
• Normal Sudoku Rules Each row, column & 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9.
• Normal Killer Sudoku Rules. The number in the top left corner of a cage is the sum of all the digits in the cage. Digits do not repeat within a cage.
• Normal Sandwich Rules Outside clues are the sum of digits between the 1&9 in that row or column.
• The 5 gold rings are all sandwich crusts, i.e. either a 1 or 9.
• Some of the clues have been replaced with letters. Each letter represents a different digit.
Simon Anthony solving Phil's puzzle on Christmas Day!.