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Topic: MON 9TH JAN -MONSTER VERY HARD -TRULY HARD |
Charles
Replies: 3
Views: 80262
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Monster puzzles Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:20 am Subject: MON 9TH JAN -MONSTER VERY HARD -TRULY HARD |
David: I am seeing R5C6 equal to 8 not 3. There is a 3 above at R4C6. What is interesting is that the guest said your tip was great and he was OK from there. Strange? I enjoy reading and learning fro ... |
Topic: June 29, Very Hard |
Charles
Replies: 6
Views: 42165
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:58 pm Subject: June 29, Very Hard |
Ravel: Thanks for me too, I simply did not see the removal of 7 as a candidate in R3C6, thereby creating the X-Wing. Sometimes it seems we can look for so long that we create blind spots - this was c ... |
Topic: June 29, Very Hard |
Charles
Replies: 6
Views: 42165
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:07 am Subject: June 29, Very Hard |
PT: I agree with you, there is no X-Wing on 7 at the positions described. Your obversation on the (1,7) pair is excellent and correct. I asked once before if this technique has a name - I didn't see ... |
Topic: help with todays puzzle |
Charles
Replies: 15
Views: 89042
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:55 am Subject: June 22, 06 Very hard |
I, too, cannot see the three at R5C5 in the original post. I looked at this one a long time and overlooked the "8" X-Wing because I kept being drawn to the multiple Unique Rectangles in this puzzle. H ... |
Topic: May 23 very hard |
Charles
Replies: 8
Views: 49669
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:01 pm Subject: May 23 classic Very Hard Block 4/7 |
Bill: The exclusion of twos in block 7 is what allowed/forced the choice for two in block 4. |
Topic: May 23 very hard |
Charles
Replies: 8
Views: 49669
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:35 am Subject: May 23 very hard |
Bill: Two is restricted to R9C1 and R9C2 - thus other twos in block 7 can be excluded. Good Luck. Charles |
Topic: May 20 Hard Classic |
Charles
Replies: 1
Views: 20053
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:23 am Subject: May 20 Hard Classic |
Not much discussion in the last few days. I miss learning something in almost every topic discussed. I solved May 20 using "If Then" on the threes in R7C1 and R7C3 For either choice of three, R4C1 can ... |
Topic: may12, and May 13 |
Charles
Replies: 11
Views: 56316
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 9:23 pm Subject: Re: may12, and May 13 |
Am I getting senile or are the puzzles just getting harder. On May 12 (Hard) I could do it only by seeing that one 8 in box6 fails i.e. wrong one "solves box 6 but then box3 fails on pressures from "4 ... |
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