Monthly Archives: December 2018

KrazyDad Insane 425 Introduces Pattern Slicing


This post reports on the introduction of pattern slicing, a.k.a. the pink olive, in KD Insane v4, b2, n5 of 7/30/13. The method is defined, and demonstrated on the 3-panel of Insane 425. Independently of the boomerangs of  the last … Continue reading

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The KD Insane 425 Boomerangs


This post reports on the introduction of spotting techniques for the boomerang ANL in the updated KrazyDad Insane v4 b2 n5. The cell based examples of this KD Insane review post of July 23, 2013 suggest the inclusion of both … Continue reading

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KD Insane 415 Updated


This post tells the story in the solving of Krazy Dad Insane v4, b1, n5, as reported in updated Sysudoku posts of 7/13/13 and 7/20/13. It’s one way that coloring and pattern analysis work together. Important features of Sysudoku Basic … Continue reading

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Beware 195 Ends a Basic Review


In this final post of the review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku v.1, Beware! Very Challenging 195 is solved in the bypass. The review table is included for comparisons.  A new mode of blog posts will include reports and links … Continue reading

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