Straight into the Vortex ... and Back out Again!

Here's where you can attempt Reflective Vortex by Julink: https://sudokupad.app/5ea8g3bxow Normal sudoku rules apply. Box borders divide a blue line into segments which have the same sum. Different lines may have different sums. Mirrors are placed on cells as thin grey lines. A mirror reflects everything in its viewed row and column. This means that every digit reflected by a mirror cannot appear on the reflected part of the row or column. Mirrors only have one reflective side, it is up to the player to determine which side of each mirror is the reflective one. Example: If the mirror in R4C7 had its reflective side facing South-East, then the digits in R4C8 and R4C9 could not appear in R5C7, R6C7, R7C7, R8C7 and R9C7. ▶ OUR PATREON PAGE – JOIN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US AND TRY OUR PUZZLE HUNTS◀   / crackingthecryptic   The deadline to enter the contest for Snail Mail, September’s Patreon reward, has passed. There will be another released on the first of October. You also can see Simon’s remarkable multi-video solve of Periodical Location by Nebuchadnezzar, a super challenging cryptic from a recent issue of The Magpie magazine, the crossword magazine that Mark and Simon founded many years ago. There is also always so much other fascinating content on Patreon, including other crosswords (Mark’s monthly solve of the Club Special from the Times, as well as some Listener solves by Simon and Mark), Gridograms, Connections, and a (rare) collaborative sudoku solve by Simon and Mark. Please join us on Patreon! Just $2/month for the monthly reward, $3/month (or higher) for solution videos. Don’t miss the Patreon-only channel on our discord for help with the sudoku hunts. Your support makes a big difference to us – thank you! ▶ From our new merch partner, you can get tees, hoodies, water bottles, and much more, and show the world that you’re part of the wonderful Cracking the Cryptic community! Don’t miss our new Rat Run merch, designed by Marty Sears: https://cracking-the-cryptric-shop.fo... Check it all out here:    / @crackingthecryptic   ◀ ▶ NEWEST IN OUR APP: A Worm by Zetamath – “Snecko”, which features overlapping 6x6 puzzles that just might not yield to a strictly sequential solve! On Steam it’s at https://store.steampowered.com/app/47... and you can find the AppStore and GooglePlay links at https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps ◀ ▶ OUR APPS: We have many apps! Classic Sudoku Volume #2 joins our main app, along with Sudoku Worms (from Blobz, Phistomefel, Marty Sears, James Sinclair, and Michael Lefkowitz, and the newest one by Zetamath), Fog of War, and many other variant types, including Lines, Domino, Killer, Thermo, Arrow, Chess, Sandwich, Miracle, and a few Approachable collections. We are always developing more apps! Every app is full of hand-crafted puzzles with hints provided by Simon and Mark. Check out https://www.crackingthecryptic.com/apps with links to all outlets. ◀ ▶ FIND OUR BOOKS HERE ◀ https://coffeebean.games/product-cate... Cracking the Cryptic’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and Vol 2, as well as the e-book editions of Fog of War (regular and deluxe editions), are all available! Our website, with thanks to GeorgeTheToad: https://www.crackingthecryptic.com ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀   / discord   ▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀ https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ crackingthecryptic@gmail.com Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: #crypticcracking @crypticcracking Instagram @crackingthecryptic ▶Credits◀ Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown. SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann Logo: Melvyn Mainini Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu ▶ABOUT US◀ Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles. Thank you for watching! Simon and Mark #crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku ▶ Contents ◀ 0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel 3:33 Rules of today’s puzzle 4:40 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!