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[Louise56]

I am new to this board and to sudoku. I tried the puzzle for Sept. 21 and after spending lots of time, I thought I had solved it. I got all the 3x3 grids and all the columns, but two of my rows are off. I know that this is a big mistake and that most of my puzzle is probably wrong. If someone has the solution, please send me a message. This is what I came up with.

581 426 439
943 871 526
627 539 871

135 987 264
476 253 918
892 614 753

354 768 192
219 345 687
768 192 345

The problem is there are two 4's in the first row and two 7's in the third row. I don't know how to work backwards. I'm guessing most of the puzzle is off. Thanks for any help you can offer!

[David Bryant]

Well, only a small part of the puzzle is messed up, Louise. There are a couple of errors you didn't mention -- you have two "1"s in the first column, and two "1"s in the ninth row, for instance.

Your first, second, and third rows are pretty thoroughly jumbled. And there are two small errors in the ninth row. The good news is that you got rows 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 all correct!

I don't know if you want to try to solve the puzzle on your own, or not. Here's a hint, just in case you do -- the correct sequence in the ninth row is

[Louise56]

Thanks, David. I meant to put a 7 as the last number in the first column. I edited my message to reflect that. I'm a bit dyslexic with numbers and a little ADD which is why I started doing these puzzles. I will try your advice and let you know how it goes. Thanks.

[Louise56]

David,

I took your advice and finally got the solution. My problem was that my bottom row had two numbers reversed. Thanks for pointing that out. Hopefully I can get the next puzzle without any help!

[David Bryant]

[samgj]

[Louise56]

Sam,

Thanks for the advice. I did try some of the hard kids puzzles and learned some new tricks!

Louise