Monthly Archives: June 2022

An AndrewsMcMeel  6-Star Sample 4-fills Out

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Sudent

Scroll back for the givens grid. After the fourth 4-fill, we never get back to the three unresolved 3-fills in the bypass trace. Here is the grid, just before SE6 (halfway down) wipes out the naked pairs. The Sysudoku basic … Continue reading →

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A Filling USA Today Weekend 5-Star

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Sudent

Starting with a 2-fill, two 3-fills, and a 4-fill near collapse, there’s value by value action left in the bypass for only one value. Scroll back for the givens and trace out the bypass. An x-fill lists the values to … Continue reading →

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A Kampelmann Hard With Bypass Coloring

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Sudent

Ever have a Sudoku fail to tie down a solution? Hard 109 of last post seems to fail to do so without a trial. Coloring, which has found many multiple solutions, defines the unique solution for this one. Starting with … Continue reading →

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A Washington Post ****** Basic

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Sudent

Scroll back one for the reason for the change in plans, but this is the first of several weekend puzzles from the Washington Post, added at the last minute for additional illustrations of Sysudoku Basic solving.   Basic starts with … Continue reading →

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