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Stuck : Need Help

Postby sagarjha » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:05 am

Hi everyone. I am stuck on a sudoku puzzle shown below. The puzzle source is the 27th sudoku problem from the September 2015 edition of the 7 Sudoku Monthly Puzzle Pack.

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    6     3       8  |  7   149      49    | 25     25    19
    1     5       9  |  6     3       2    |  8      7     4
    7     2       4  |  18  189       5    | 19      6     3
    ------------------+------------------------+-------------------
    58    9       7  |  48  248       3    | 25      1     6
    4     6       23 |   5    7       1    | 39    239     8
    58    1       23 |   9  268      68    |  4    235     7
    -----------------+--------------------+-------------------
    3     8       5  |   2 1469     469    |  7    49     19
    9     7       1  | 348    5      48    |  6    34      2
    2     4       6  |  13   19       7    | 139    8      5

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Re: Stuck : Need Help

Postby JasonLion » Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:40 pm

I see an X-Wing.
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Re: Stuck : Need Help

Postby Leren » Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:32 pm

I'll give an extra hint about Jason's XWing. Look carefully at Rows 1 and 7.

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Re: Stuck : Need Help

Postby sagarjha » Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:32 am

Thanks. I spotted an x wing with 9 and was able to solve the puzzle.
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Re: Stuck : Need Help

Postby sagarjha » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:31 pm

Thanks Leren. That contains an X-wing of 1.
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