The standard wording of the Clones rule allows for multiple sets of clones, but this puzzle includes six copies of a single shaded area. Coloring is fun for children and adults alike!

An Irregular Sudoku grid with a non-contiguous region is possible, but usually there can be only one, else how to determine to which region the errant cells belong? I’ve kept these connected, albeit tenuously, and the resulting shapes seem like botanical pixel art.

While setting puzzles, I sometimes have a song running through my mind, but when it comes to naming, often I find that I’ve misremembered lyrics or entirely invented songs. This puzzle’s title goes with a tune, but none that’s ever been heard by anyone but me.

I’ve pointed out before that Sudoku arrows don’t often point to anything, but in this case, quite a few arrows seem to be pointed at that center box in the grid. That could mean something.

Some have guidelines about how much time to spend on social situations, while others go with the flow without any plan ahead of time. An hourglass tracks time without being disruptive, requiring one to notice that the flow of sand has ended. This puzzle includes an hourglass shape made of a Near Neighbor line. These are three completely-unrelated facts.

Sometimes I wish I hadn’t used “Every Other” in so many puzzle titles already, because Parity Lines are very deserving of the appellation. This puzzle was inspired by thoughts about odd and even digits, and how many of each are found within the standard set of Sudoku digits, so I thought of it as an “Every Other” puzzle until it came time to choose a title, at which point all creativity left me.

I think the world would likely be a slightly better place with no kings anywhere at all. I’m pretty republican in that anti-monarchy sense. But I’m not calling for violence! I just don’t believe any sort of unitary authority can safely exist, and would like all those who attempt such things to be stopped from doing so.

The last time a puzzle included these miniature half-quads, they stood on their own. This time they’re paired with full-size quadruples, so the smaller circles describe one of two cells, and the larger circles describe two, three, or all four of four cells.

I suspect this title only works in US dialects, and possibly not all of them. I believe I pronounce “Roman” and “Roamin’” exactly the same way, although that’s probably a result of me mispronouncing the second syllable of one or the other.

We don’t need no education / Wе don’t need no thought control // All in all, it was just a brick in the wall / All in all, it was all just bricks in the wall //