Let's all be open and honest with each other.

If you know me at all, you know that humor is something I take very, very seriously. As such, since the beginning of GAPP, I've been wondering what should be posted on April 1st. I was considering setting something genuinely difficult, but the team didn't like that idea very much, and to be honest, it wasn't very funny. I was considering setting something incredibly esoteric and obscure, or maybe I could invent a genre with a dozen or so complicated rules. The team thought that didn't sound very fun either.

After much deliberation, we decided that today should be a completely normal GAPP, much to my chagrin. Can't win 'em all.
Today's genre is Sudoku!

Rules: Place a number from 1 to N into each empty cell such that each row, column, and bold region contains every number with no repeats, where N is the side length of the grid.

As always, an example puzzle and its solution are attached to the image of today's puzzle. Try the example puzzle here:
F-Puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=y7uo86y2
CtC: https://tinyurl.com/bf55wxt8

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve today's puzzle in 6:30 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀 solve today's puzzle in 12:00 or less!
All other solvers are well-deserving of an Deeply-sighing Desert Sparrow 🐦!

Solve today's GAPP here:
F-Puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=y9tlgb3l
CtC: https://tinyurl.com/5abwcbtv

(It's up to you to decide whether or not your animals count today! :))

It's time for MIND THE GAPP 5! This is not a drill, nor a joke.

This month saw a record number of variants posted, with 8 out of 31 GAPPs having an additional twist in the rules. Interestingly, it is also the fifth month running for which the cumulative number of puzzles posted since the start of GAPP was the highest across the month and all previous months. As usual, there are some bonus puzzles included, whose difficulties range from GAPP-level to a fair bit harder than GAPP.

EDIT: if the link for the Parquet bonus doesn't work, follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/4sv9t3df