Is it possible to have more than one answer to each puzzle?

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Is it possible to have more than one answer to each puzzle?

Postby Guest » Wed May 18, 2005 7:31 pm

Hi there,

I think I found another answer to puzzle 76 on 'Su Doku' published by THE TIMES.

Here's my answer:

216983457
954762831
378514269
682195374
735426198
491837625
829651743
167349582
543278916
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Postby Pappocom » Thu May 19, 2005 12:33 am

Hello Natalie.

Just looking at your top line, I see that in the middle box you have "983". However, puzzle #76 has ". . 8" in the corresponding place. In other words, you have got a 3 where the puzzle has an 8-clue. Clues cannot be moved around, of course.

So it means you have solved a different puzzle to the one set in the book. Perhaps you copied the puzzle onto a grid somewhere, and in doing so you omitted the 8-clue in the top line (or put it in the wrong cell)?

(I haven't checked the rest of the puzzle.)

- Wayne
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