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Topic: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
CT Yankee
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Forum: Other puzzles Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:36 am Subject: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
OK, I’ve been reading some old posts in the General Discussion area and I think I understand some things a bit better now. When I made my comments about logic and trial and error, I had no idea that e ... |
Topic: I want harder sudokus |
CT Yankee
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:42 pm Subject: I want harder sudokus |
CT Yankeee Wrote:
I don't know for sure, but I suspect the soduku found here are among the hardest anywhere.
Actually, CT, the puzzles here have a purposefully set difficulty limit. The are solvable ... |
Topic: I want harder sudokus |
CT Yankee
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:47 pm Subject: I want harder sudokus |
I don't know for sure, but I suspect the soduku found [url=http://krazydad.com/sudoku/]here are among the hardest anywhere. |
Topic: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
CT Yankee
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Forum: Other puzzles Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:46 am Subject: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
Dave
I am not going to enter into a debate about the meaning of "logic based" other than to say that David’s solution seems excellent to me. Several alternatives are nevertheless available.
If an X ... |
Topic: September 12 Very hard |
CT Yankee
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:59 pm Subject: September 12 Very hard |
I solved this one using basic techniques, and then a Swordfish on the 5s. This is the very first time I have ever had to use a Swordfish! I've been aware of the technique for a long time, and I always ... |
Topic: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
CT Yankee
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Forum: Other puzzles Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:41 pm Subject: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
Thanks for the reply. Your solution is, as you surmised, right on the border of what I consider to be a logic-based solution, but it does work and I sure don't see any other way to complete the puzzle ... |
Topic: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
CT Yankee
Replies: 8
Views: 49707
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Forum: Other puzzles Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:24 pm Subject: Stumped - old krazydad sudoku |
Hi. I'm having trouble with an old sudoku from the Krazydad site. This one's from Super Tough book 50, and it's just labeled #8 so I don't know when it was originally published... But who cares about ... |
Topic: July 25 Very Hard |
CT Yankee
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:04 am Subject: Re: July 25 Very Hard |
Oops, duplicate post, ignore... |
Topic: July 25 Very Hard |
CT Yankee
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:01 am Subject: July 25 Very Hard |
This was an excellent puzzle! I had to use an X-Wing as well as an XY-Wing to solve it. I'm not certain, but I believe this may be the first puzzle from this site that definitely requires both of thos ... |
Topic: How hard is Evil? |
CT Yankee
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:03 am Subject: How hard is Evil? |
Thanks for the replies and for all your recommendations. I will definitely be checking out some of those sites.
Hi, Hank! Or are you some other Connecticut Yankee?
No, I'm not Hank. You mean there's ... |
Topic: How hard is Evil? |
CT Yankee
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:39 pm Subject: How hard is Evil? |
Hi. I was wondering if anyone could point me to some other online sources that have sudoku that are about as hard as the Very Hard puzzles here, or maybe even a bit harder. It’s difficult to compare f ... |
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