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[Gee]

A friend of mine gave me this puzzle to work because he couldn't even get started. With complete confidence in my solving abilities, I told him no problem. But there is a problem, I cannot even find a single candidate even after two hours of trying. My humility has returned and I need help to even know where to start. This is embarrassing and I hope somebody can at least point out what I can do to begin this puzzle. Is this a tough puzzle or have I missed something that is rather obvious? Thanks for your help.

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


*-----------*
|1..|.5.|..9|
|5..|1..|.3.|
|..8|...|251|
|---+---+---|
|.5.|..4|...|
|4..|56.|..8|
|...|3..|415|
|---+---+---|
|..2|...|5..|
|.3.|..5|...|
|7.5|.9.|..2|
*-----------*


*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
| 1 2467 3467 | 24678 5 23678 | 678 4678 9 |
| 5 24679 4679 | 1 2478 26789 | 678 3 467 |
| 369 4679 8 | 4679 347 679 | 2 5 1 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 2389 5 179 | 2789 1278 4 | 679 2679 367 |
| 4 179 1379 | 5 6 1279 | 379 279 8 |
| 2689 6789 679 | 3 278 2789 | 4 1 5 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 689 14689 2 | 4678 13478 1678 | 5 46789 3467 |
| 689 3 1469 | 24678 12478 5 | 16789 46789 467 |
| 7 1468 5 | 468 9 1368 | 1368 468 2 |
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*

[wintder]

Silly wabbit. Trix are for kids!

Valid puzzle. Not likely to be solved on paper.

[daj95376]

You already posted this puzzle here:

http://forum.enjoysudoku.com/viewtopic.php?p=45670#p45670

[a]

after cheking the puzzle I believe there is a mistake in the original because it can't be solved.
After assuming that R7c9 has to be 3 we came to this position

1.3|45.|..9
5..|1..|.34
648|937|251
----------------
35.|..4|...
4..|56.|3.8
286|379|415
----------------
..2|.4.|5.3
.34|..5|...
7.5|.93|.42

now R9C4 has to be either 8 or 6. Both cases proove to be imposiible eventually.

[udosuk]

This thread will be locked because the original poster Gee already posted the same puzzle on another thread. And a also posted the identical content of his/her reply on that thread to here. So in the future please refrain from doing so. It isn't a serious problem but just might cause the frowning of some of our seasoned members.

udosuk (moderator)