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Naked Pairs Carry the Ball in Hard 134

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Sudent

A second Kampbelmann Hard is tough on paper, but  gives way routinely to a systematic bypass. Here is the grid well into the bypass, with a large number of cells held in reserve by box filling naked pairs. In the … Continue reading →

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LuckyPanda 96 and 144

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Sudent

This post has a bypass trace to the solution of 96 in Lucky Panda 504 Sudoku Puzzles, and a basic trace and immediate coloring wrap for 144. The review will continue with single puzzles. It’s not mentioned in the text, … Continue reading →

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Classic 216 Bypassed and Only Extreme 132 Demoted

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Sudent

This post adds another bypass solving to the review of James Forest’s Classic Sudoku, Classic 216. Then a report on an update of the 10/24/17 post on Castillo’s Only Extreme 132, in which a hard, but indecisive not-both trial leads … Continue reading →

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Classic 192 and Updated Only Extreme 3

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Sudent

First, a Basic trace of Classic 192. It can be solved in the bypass. In this post, James Forest’s Classic 192 is traced down in Basic. Then there’s a second Advanced level solution of Manuel Castillo’s Only Extreme 3, the … Continue reading →

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Bean’s Extremely Hard I

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Sudent

A review of Rebecca Bean’s 600 Extremely Hard Sudoku Puzzles with Answers begins with the review table and two puzzles, 7-6 and 12-6. The collection is mostly basic, with the half of them solved by the slink marking bypass. Puzzle … Continue reading →

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