So, this is a crossudoku.
It is the same as a sudoku - same rules apply. However, you have been given crossword-like clues for part of the numbers on the grid.
Some of the clues may have multiple answers - so you may need to be solving the "crossnumber" and the "sudoku" part of the puzzle simultaneously to find the correct digit for each cell.
A1-C1 and C9-E9 Then will I swear beauty herself is black, And all they foul that thy complexion lack.
A2-B2, I5-I6, I7-I9 and B6-B8 A perfect square and a perfect cube
A5-G5 A quick and easy approximation of a pie
E3-F3 The answer.
F2-G2 and G4-H4 The number of months in a year
G6-H6, G7-H7, C6-D6 and B9-C9 The sum of two consecutive squares
D4-E4, H1-H2 and I6-I7 There is a lot of silver lining hidden in this grid...
E8-H8 My kingdom is not of this world.
C7-D7 The sum of two consecutive cubes
A4-A7 The devil was hit by a cube
B5-B8 Your ride when you are drunk
I8-I9 The sum of 3 consecutive squares
I3-I4 Some buildings skip this floor
F3-F4 and G2-G3 Between a square and a cube
Answer
The filled grid looks like this:
Several of the clues have only a single possibility considering that we know the number of digits and that all digits have to be unique. The second clue especially gives a little of information. Starting with around half of the clues entered into the grid and solving with the sudoku rules we can slowly decipher the other clues and solve the whole grid.
The solution to the clues are:
A1-C1 and C9-E9 Then will I swear beauty herself is black, And all they foul that thy complexion lack.
132 (Sonnet 132 by Shakespeare)
A2-B2, I5-I6, I7-I9 and B6-B8 A perfect square and a perfect cube
64, 64, 729, 729 (64 and 729 are the only perfect squares and cubes with 2 or 3 digits)
A5-G5 A quick and easy approximation of a pie
3142857 (22/7 is a approximation of pi, whose first digits are 3.142857)
E3-F3 The answer.
42 (The answer to everything)
F2-G2 and G4-H4 The number of months in a year
12
G6-H6, G7-H7, C6-D6 and B9-C9 The sum of two consecutive squares
85, 41, 61, 61 (Possibilities are 13, 25, 41, 61, 85)
D4-E4, H1-H2 and I6-I7 There is a lot of silver lining hidden in this grid...
47 (Atomic number of silver (thanks Lolgast))
E8-H8 My kingdom is not of this world.
1836 (Quote from John 18:36 (thanks Lolgast))
C7-D7 The sum of two consecutive cubes
35 (35, 91 are the possibilities)
A4-A7 The devil was hit by a cube
5328 (8 * 666)
B5-B8 Your ride when you are drunk
1729 (Taxicab numbers)
I8-I9 The sum of 3 consecutive squares
29 (14, 29, 50, 77 are the possibilities; the clue is not needed because of the second clue)
I3-I4 Some buildings skip this floor
13 (Some buildings skip the 13th floor because of superstition)
F3-F4 and G2-G3 Between a square and a cube
26 (Lies between 25 and 27, the only number to do so with 2 digits)
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