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[scottyke]

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the following alternate solution?

8 0 9 B 2 A 1 5 7 4 6 3
3 2 5 1 9 4 7 6 A 0 B 8
7 4 A 6 3 0 B 8 9 1 5 2

A 6 4 0 B 2 3 7 1 5 8 9
B 7 3 2 5 8 9 1 6 A 4 0
9 5 1 8 A 6 4 0 2 7 3 B

4 3 6 9 7 5 0 2 B 8 1 A
5 8 2 7 1 9 A B 3 6 0 4
0 1 B A 8 3 6 4 5 9 2 7

2 A 0 5 6 B 8 9 4 3 7 1
6 9 7 4 0 1 2 3 8 B A 5
1 B 8 3 4 7 5 A 0 2 9 6

[afjt]

Your solution does not match the starting grid ! Note the given 5 in r11c9.
I presume you copied the puzzle manually, and missed this 5 ?