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Clock Faces Pack: Escape the Grid

(Published on 18. November 2025, 15:30 by Crusader175)

Exploring some more escape the grid puzzles with clock faces constraint. Should be relatively approachable. Hope you enjoy solving the puzzles, and if you like it, check out my other Clock Faces Puzzles!
Rules:

Normal 4x4 sudoku rules apply.

Clock Faces: Four numbers around a circle must strictly increase starting from one of the four cells and going clockwise (white circle) or going anticlockwise (black circle).

Skyscrapers: Each digit represents the height of a building. Clues outside the grid indicate the number of buildings visible from the corresponding direction. A taller building will hide any shorter buildings behind it.

Ascending Starters: Clues outside the grid indicate the sum of the first set of all ascending digits, starting from the first cell in the corresponding direction. Sets may consist of only one digit.

Up to N: A clue outside Row N (counting top to bottom) indicates the sum of all digits up to the cell that contains the digit N. The digit N itself is not included in the sum.

Sandwich Variant: Shade exactly two cells in each row, column and box. A clue outside the grid indicates the sum of the digits which appear between the two shaded cells in the corresponding row or column. Additionally, the shaded cells contains each digit from 1-4 exactly twice.
Puzzle Link: Skyscrapers | Ascending Starters | Up to N | Sandwich Variant

Puzzle Hint: Clock Faces Guide

My youtube channel on solving sudoku: Crusader Puzzle

Solution code: R3C3 from each puzzle in order


Solved by sfield, claymategirl, tuturitu, SeveNateNine, dzamie, Awedish, CitrusGremlin, 5381, Malakree, marcmees, daggerMason, robokong, jjj, Wuschel, randall, juggler, abihummel, fkib, jobs2554, zrbakhtiar, KlausRG, richcard, MazzleFlush, casquefou, fthompson, amb
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Comments

Last changed on 9. January 2026, 06:51

on 10. December 2025, 08:16 by juggler
Very elegant and minimalist setting! Not at all trivial either.

Reply: Thank you for solving and kind comment juggler!

Last changed on 9. January 2026, 06:50

on 20. November 2025, 12:15 by Wuschel
Very nice set of puzzles, thanks!

Reply: Thanks for the solve Wuschel! Glad you enjoyed the puzzle!

Last changed on 9. January 2026, 06:50

on 20. November 2025, 00:54 by daggerMason
Delicious.

Reply: Glad you liked it :)

Last changed on 9. January 2026, 06:49

on 19. November 2025, 18:16 by marcmees
easy fun snack pack. Thanks

Reply: Thanks! Glad you had fun!

Last changed on 9. January 2026, 06:47

on 18. November 2025, 17:21 by sfield
Took a while to fully understand, but once I did, very nice logic.

Reply: Thank you! Took me a while too understanding how clock faces work. But once I did, it becomes one of my favorite constraint.

Difficulty:2
Rating:100 %
Solved:26 times
Observed:0 times
ID:000Q70

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