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[lili]

I cannot find the next day solution, can anyone help me? thanks

[wintder]

This is Saturdays puzzle, Feb 14th.

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. . .|7 . 3|. . .
7 . 8|. . .|1 . 6
. . .|. 8 .|. . .
-----+-----+-----
9 . .|1 . 7|. . 3
. . 4|. . .|8 . .
5 . .|6 . 8|. . 7
-----+-----+-----
. . .|. 6 .|. . .
6 . 9|. . .|4 . 1
. . .|8 . 9|. . .

Here it is solved.

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4 6 5|7 1 3|2 9 8
7 9 8|2 5 4|1 3 6
3 1 2|9 8 6|7 5 4
-----+-----+-----
9 8 6|1 2 7|5 4 3
1 7 4|3 9 5|8 6 2
5 2 3|6 4 8|9 1 7
-----+-----+-----
8 5 7|4 6 1|3 2 9
6 3 9|5 7 2|4 8 1
2 4 1|8 3 9|6 7 5

[lili]

Hi, thanks a lot for answering. I have the newspaper here and the auto-generated numbers were not the ones you used, though. The numbers are, starting left to right, top row: 9 4 7 2

[wintder]

Sorry. If you list all the original numbers with periods showing empty squares someone may help.

[lili]

This were the numbers given

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.9.4.7..2
....9.3..
......6..
..9.1.83.
.1.....5.
.43.2.9..
..4......
..5.8....
3..2.9.1.



thanks!

[wintder]

Here is the solution.

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5 9 6|4 3 7|1 8 2
8 7 2|1 9 6|3 4 5
4 3 1|8 5 2|6 7 9
-----+-----+-----
2 5 9|6 1 4|8 3 7
6 1 8|9 7 3|2 5 4
7 4 3|5 2 8|9 6 1
-----+-----+-----
1 2 4|3 6 5|7 9 8
9 6 5|7 8 1|4 2 3
3 8 7|2 4 9|5 1 6

[lili]

Thanks a lot!