On a Dark Desert Highway.: A Sudoku Tribute to Hotel California

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Today's Puzzle:
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light. Welcome to the Hotel California.
Link to Play:
On a Dark Desert Highway... by Will Power
tinyurl.com/SudokuSleuthDarkD...
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
DUTCH WHISPERS- Numbers on red lines are at least 4 apart from their neighbors on the line. Numbers do not repeat on red lines.
KROPKI PAIRS- Numbers with a white dot between them are consecutive. Numbers with a black dot between them are in a ratio of 2:1. Not all possible dots are given.
MAXIMUM- The gray cell is greater than all orthogonally adjacent cells.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:18 Rules
00:05:36 Solve
00:20:16 Outro
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[@noahvale2627]

I have absolutely no complaints about your puzzle choices.

[@stevesebzda570]

"On a dark desert highway," why am I hearing a song in my head?!
Good job, Slueth.
😂😂

[@chrisbrogan3307]

If all Will Powers puzzles are that good you could feature him every day for me!!!!!!!!!

[@SudokuSleuth]

😄

[@aepilotjim]

57 min. But this is the first time I haven't had to watch your vid to figure out where to start or see where I made a mistake.

[@SudokuSleuth]

Congrats 🙌
It wasn’t that long ago when I solved my first Ctc puzzle on my own.
I couldn’t stop since 🤩

[@bronwyncarr6714]

Now it's all I'm singing! puzzle done - thanks :)

[@SudokuSleuth]

Excellent!

[@dirkster42]

I usually don't have the best feel for Dutch Whispers, but I worked it out!

[@SudokuSleuth]

Me too, I find them intimidating. Once I place the 5s I feel a sigh of relief

[@psiphiorg]

A nice puzzle, which seemed pretty ambiguous in the bottom two rows until finally that little bend in the line disambiguated every cell. My time was 10:30, solver number 1354.

[@psv998]

As a Dutch person I was not whispering that a 4 and a 7 don't work.

[@boydegg]

14:24 ... that took me 2 tries. I took a wrong turn and ended up at a different hotel the first go.

[@SudokuSleuth]

As long as you managed to leave, you’re a winner 😉

[@drengskap]

'You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave' Except I did, after 33:35!

[@SudokuSleuth]

😂

[@anaayoung9142]

Another mistake today, but now with a 4. But it solved nicely after I try again! 😆

[@ThomasJH268]

filled in the bottom three boxes with pencil marks in 4 minutes, took me another 20 to work out why the lines were divided the way they are. Total solve time 46:10

[@jonbrowne]

18:34 to solve. Wow that took some head work! Amazing puzzle but very tricky!