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[dpletcher]

I've been working on this on off and on for a couple of months. I've started over several times but always get stuck at the same point.
Here is the original puzzle from the 12/20/05 Fort Wayne, Indiana
News Sentinel. It is supposed to be an EASY puzzle but I don’t
believe it.

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

What next step am I missing here?


*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
| 5 1 68 | 2 3 9 | 4 68 7 |
| 367 4 2 | 67 5 8 | 9 36 1 |
| 3678 36789 3689 | 1 67 4 | 5 368 2 |
+----------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| 4 368 368 | 9 18 2 | 13 7 5 |
| 18 2 5 | 78 178 3 | 6 9 4 |
| 137 379 39 | 5 4 6 | 13 2 8 |
+---------------------------+-------------------+--------------------+
| 9 68 4 | 68 2 1 | 7 5 3 |
| 368 368 7 | 4 68 5 | 2 1 9 |
| 2 5 1 | 3 9 7 | 8 4 6 |
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*

[vidarino]

I'm afraid your puzzle has 3 solutions, in is therefore not logically solvable.

[Pat]

Here is the original puzzle from the 12/20/05 Fort Wayne, Indiana News Sentinel

Code: Select all

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


What am I missing here?

missing clue:
r6c1 = 7

~ Pat

[QBasicMac]

missing clue: r6c1 = 7

Well, Pat, I guess dpletcher will take months replying, so in the meantime, on his behalf, THANKS!

Mac

[Pat]

Well, Pat, I guess dpletcher will take months replying, so in the meantime, on his behalf, THANKS!

thank you, QBasicMac!

as it happens, dpletcher chose to acknowledge by PM
- i can't imagine why.

anyway, all is well with this particular puzzle.

~ Pat