Category Archives: Monster

Posts reporting on the solving of monster puzzles.

Bird’s JE Solution of Unsolvable 197

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Sudent

This post comments on David P. Bird’s Junior Exocet soutions of Unsolvables 190 and 197, posted in comments on Andrew Stuart’s Weekly Unsolvables page.  Bird describes his JE definition as a means of spotting exocet patterns.  However, it can  be … Continue reading →

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Completing CLEF for Unsolvable 197

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Sudent

This post notes how base candidate combinations of an exocet can be reduced in additional ways, then continues the exocet trials of Unsolvable 197 by means of Sysudoku Chute Lettering Exocet Filter.  This technique is, in part, a systematic way … Continue reading →

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CLEF Homework on Unsolvable 190

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Sudent

Here is a checkpoint Sysudoku reader’s homework on the Sysudoku Cross Line Exocet Filter introduced in the previous post. Was it hard?  I stumbled many times on the 3467 case of the last week, and I may need corrections on … Continue reading →

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The Sysudoku Cross Line Exocet Filter

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Sudent

This post introduces a human engineered filtering method for reducing  exocet trials, in number and complexity.  The method is designed to follow the Sysudoku Chute Lettering  technique  introduced previously in this series of posts on the Andrew Stuart Unsolvables .  … Continue reading →

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More 8-Pattern Trials on Unsolvable 190

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Sudent

This post continues  the resolution of the 8-patterns of Unsolvable 190 to a conclusion.  In the previous post, setup for the  double exocet solution was defined by a chute lettering table.  A freeform enumeration on the 8-panel divided six patterns … Continue reading →

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Sysudoku for Unsolvabrights

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Sudent

In this post, two distinctly Sysudoku techniques have roles in a pattern trial of an Andrew Stuart Unsolvable, this time #183 of January 16, 2016. First, pattern (template) analysis on two numbers finds compatible partial patterns for a coloring trial. … Continue reading →

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The Chute Tabled Exocet of Unsolvable 181

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Sudent

This is a Thursday extra post reporting the sysudokie hand solving of an Andrew Stuart Unsolvable, #181 of January 2, 2016. It applies a tabulation method to resolve context of a double exocet, accepting their common solution for trials. I … Continue reading →

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The Olive Side of Fata Morgana

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Sudent

This post illustrates with Fata Morgana the practice of taking both sides of a trial, to be sure that a contradiction is found. The pink trial led to the solution. Fully expecting a contradiction, the olive trial begins with the … Continue reading →

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Fata Morgana Wrapped in Pink Olive

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Sudent

In this post, the solution of the well known monster Fata Morgana is reached via pattern analysis, on a trial of pink patterns vs olive patterns, a frequently used Sysudoku extreme method. In the previous post, the orange candidates of … Continue reading →

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Fata Morgana Sysudokie Fried

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Sudent

In this post, the exocet trials are completed and a path to the monster’s cave is mapped and cleared of fog. A color wrap brings us to base camp, for the final ascent. The nice loop generated by Cr5np16 is … Continue reading →

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