Not too difficult today. 15 mins. no pencil marks.
@enjoyalaugh1337 сағат бұрын
Well done
@georgesthibaudeau15338 сағат бұрын
Ever since the 79 were placed in block 7, you have the obvious 6 in r8c2 just sitting there, leading to a sprint finish. NF 14 minutes.
@LookSharpFeelSharpBeSharp9 сағат бұрын
Wow, love how you nailed the six at around 8:46.
@user-ct5xd1me5p12 сағат бұрын
Howard Williams ,vegetarian and,among other things, anti vivisectionist ,lived till the decent age of 94,Claude Levi Strauss 100. Carpe Diem.
@georgesthibaudeau153318 сағат бұрын
Very good beginning. After that, I thought the puzzle became a bit nasty. But with a little bit of persistence, you may look at the grid fron a stting place in r2c7 and look around: there are three digits seeing it from the left, 3 more from below, and still 3 more in the block. 9 digits in all, only one being repeated (the 5s), so 8 different digits, the sole absentee being the 3. That naked 3 allows for considerable progress, but I still had a problem, with row 5. In it cell r5c7 is a 18. But if you look harder, you realise that if the 1 in r5c7, you will also end up with a 1 in r5c5. So 8 in r5c7 and yes, 1 in r5c5. Now, the puzzle is done. Ouf !
@enjoyalaugh13322 сағат бұрын
Nice one again
@enjoyalaugh133Күн бұрын
Well done
@enjoyalaugh1332 күн бұрын
Well done
@wownicw15513 күн бұрын
thanks for your guidance
@madhurampandian53203 күн бұрын
Quite easy
@georgesthibaudeau15333 күн бұрын
Too bad you did not look straight. The moment you have the 68 oblique pair in the middle and upper rows of block 4, coupled with the fact as you identified that the 8s were also confined to the upper and midlle rows in block 5 (col4), then in row 6 there is only one place for an 8, and that is in column 9. Game over.
@enjoyalaugh1333 күн бұрын
Without using pencil marks, but checking all rows and columns that have at least 4 digits, a few pairs become obvious, and it then resolves fairly easily. 11 mins.
@enjoyalaugh1333 күн бұрын
Nice one sir
@georgesthibaudeau15334 күн бұрын
20th minute: having established the 6s in the middle row of block 2, it became obvious the 6 in block 1 was now in r3c2 and, from there, another 6 in r1c8 as you knew. Ah ! Great, at least you caught up quickly enough ! Phew ! :) :) Noooooo ! Why did you not just place the 9 in r1c9 to simply finish the puzzle. Just play as if you were teaching a beginner !
@user-ov4gz1dk1n4 күн бұрын
A nice one. 11 mins.
@madhurampandian53205 күн бұрын
Interesting
@user-ov4gz1dk1n5 күн бұрын
I managed this in 11 mins. without pencil marks having found the first pair.
@georgesthibaudeau15335 күн бұрын
For a long time, since around minute 10 or so, you have had a 37 remote pair in column 8 at rows 2 and 9, hence 4 in r8c8 and 8 in r4c8. Puzzle done.
@enjoyalaugh1335 күн бұрын
Well done Sir. Not so hard again today.
@georgesthibaudeau15336 күн бұрын
A quickie. At the point you are going for pencil mark, the right side of block 5 is 689 where the 8 can only be in row 5 with the 69 as a pair. This puzzle was fun to play thanks to nice construction allowing for fast progress based on playing block patterns: for example, note block 7 with the 6 and 8 pointing from above in the middle column and from the right in the middle row, forcing a 68 oblique corner pair, and the 17 pointing also from the right forcing a 17 pair up and down in the middle column of our block, with the 3 now in r8c2 and the 2 next to it in col 3.. Notation free in 12m34s.
@diazvictoria6 күн бұрын
Thank you.
@jan-rs6im6 күн бұрын
fingers crossed for Arizona - candidate Kari Lake is falling in the polls and we hope Rueben Gallego will win the very important Senate seat - hopefully Kamala will prevail and win the presidency and will need the Senate to enact programs that will help all people going forward - take care
@zen_art_of_guardian_sudoku6 күн бұрын
Indeed, Gallego is an excellent candidate.
@enjoyalaugh1336 күн бұрын
I started at your 17 mins. then without pencil marks a pair in R1 gave a few more digits, after that it solves in 3 mins.
@georgesthibaudeau15336 күн бұрын
Not too strnuous. The 37 remote pair in row 1 places the 2 at the top corner of block 3, and the rest is ultra-simple sidoku.
@enjoyalaugh1336 күн бұрын
A bit too easy
@georgesthibaudeau15336 күн бұрын
No brain cell fatigue today !
@uforferdetnilsson25957 күн бұрын
stick to sufoku - you know nothing about fallacies - keep wearing the mask and obeying the poisonous dwarf fauci - he's the science
@enjoyalaugh1337 күн бұрын
Well done once again
@jan-rs6im8 күн бұрын
thanks for taking the time to post - don't work too hard!
@sharmilisharmili4728 күн бұрын
NF 13m 56s
@hemantdelhiwala59748 күн бұрын
See 2 in 7th row
@jayasreer94619 күн бұрын
👍Took hardly 10 minutes. 🙏
@jayasreer94619 күн бұрын
🙏👍
@sharmilisharmili4729 күн бұрын
NF 27 pair in col 9
@georgesthibaudeau15339 күн бұрын
NYT thought we needed a day of rest after yesterday?
@jan-rs6im10 күн бұрын
i enjoyed it! good luck with your work schedule!
@georgesthibaudeau153310 күн бұрын
In fact, most impossible sodokus are as easy as this one.. I have solved a number of them in under 10 minutes. Lately, the hardest LA Times tends to be the Hrd Lecel.
@sharmilisharmili47210 күн бұрын
NF 19m 27s
@georgesthibaudeau153310 күн бұрын
As at 11 minutes: as you have noted, you have ghost 2 and 3 on the left flank of block 9; which of course means there cannot be a 3 on the left flank of block 3. With this, cell r3c7 seems to be a very unpopular nest, where no one wants to squat. Oh !, Except for the naked 9, of course. The next one is not particularly easy, but in row 7, the 2,3 and 9 are only possible in col 2,6 and 7. So, a triple that excludes the 4 from r7c6, and hence now, a 45 pair in row 7 at col 4 and 8; and also a 45 pair in column 4 at rows 7 and 9. With this, you have the basis for a relatively easier finish. Maybe I missed something else in other locations, but I thought this was somewhat harder to spot than most NY Times of recent dates.
@georgesthibaudeau153311 күн бұрын
As at 14th minute (from the time you found the 8 and 9 in block 8, where the 8 is now in the upper row and the 7 in the lower row: 78 remote pair in r8c1 and r8c9 confines squeezes the 9 in r8c8. Puzzle done.
@jjwolf152911 күн бұрын
Biden was as sharp as a tack before the coup d'etat.
@sharmilisharmili47211 күн бұрын
NF
@billdaniel831011 күн бұрын
You didn't need the XY wing, there was 39 Unique Rectangle in plain sight in C4 and C8, with a 6 to stop the UR.
@georgesthibaudeau153311 күн бұрын
Nice puzzle from the Guardian today. To make it even more fun, I decided my first digit would be placed in the empty block 1, with the help of course of the 128 triple which I saw after 1 milisecond. I had to lose time taking a good hard look at the left side of the grid, but yes indeed, 1 in r1c2 ( and 28 to be a pair in block 7's middle column above the 6).
@calpurniabruchi574211 күн бұрын
I love being called a Fellow Sudokan 😊
@zen_art_of_guardian_sudoku10 күн бұрын
You can use it as a secret password for... well, actually nowhere... but we can live in hope. :-) Thanks for the comment.
@jan-rs6im12 күн бұрын
happy friday to you - glad the situation is better - and thanks for the suduku!! hope your weekend is great
@georgesthibaudeau153312 күн бұрын
A matter of simple logic. Cell r8c1 has been identified as a 56. Moving right, 5 an 6 appear side by side in the upper row 7 of block 8. So a 56 in block 9 at r9c7. The puzzle falls apart. Starting of course with a 3 in r9c4 and a 4 in r9c6.
@enjoyalaugh13312 күн бұрын
A bit too easy
@georgesthibaudeau153312 күн бұрын
The most difficult part of this puzzle was to determine when was the most appropriate time to slow down and catch your breadth.