| Author | Message | 
  
	|  Topic: July 3 very hard -  easy? | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:44 pm   Subject: July 3 very hard -  easy? | 
  
	| Better not say the puzzles are getting easy too often though, or Sam will be ratcheting up the difficulty again. 
 Ratchet away!
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	|  Topic: April 16 Squiggly - Have completely lost it! | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku Squiggly puzzles   Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:57 pm   Subject: April 16 Squiggly - Have completely lost it! | 
  
	| xx wrote that she was stuck at: 
 1 4 9 2 7 - 8 6 -
 - -  6 1 - 8 9 7 -
 7 8 - - - - - - - 1
 -  9 8 - - - - - 7
 - 2 - 7 9 6 - 8 -
 2 6 - - - - - 9 8
 9 - - 8 - - - - 6
 6 - 2 3 8 7 - - 9
 8 - - - - -  ...
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	|  Topic: 21 Feb v. hard | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:10 pm   Subject: 21 Feb v. hard | 
  
	| Thanks, everyone. I think I was making it harder than it actually was - when I looked, in the light of your advice (and daytime!), I could see I already had the information to force the 2 in the centr ...
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	|  Topic: 21 Feb v. hard | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:51 pm   Subject: 21 Feb v. hard | 
  
	| 3xx 7xx x5x 59x xxx x67
 4x7 9x5 8xx
 
 681 xx4 795
 xx3 5xx xx8
 x45 1xx 326
 
 xx4 6x9 5xx
 x3x x5x x8x
 x5x xx3 xx1
 
 This is how far I have got
 At this stage the hint given is a 2 in r3c9
 Can anyone explain ...
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	|  Topic: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:40 pm   Subject: thanks | 
  
	| and yes, someone, I would like your training examples, please! | 
  
	|  Topic: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:38 pm   Subject: got the jellyfish and swordfish technique now | 
  
	| Thanks everyone for help on these techniques. That was a really good puzzle that keith posted, as he says, good for learning on. | 
  
	|  Topic: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:43 pm   Subject: Help, where can I find jellyfish and swordfish? | 
  
	| David, or someone Can you send me a link to explain jellyfish and swordfish?
 thanks
 sheila '
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	|  Topic: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:31 pm   Subject: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| Possibly..! but I have just tried keith's puzzle posted on 31 Dec. Two hours making some progress but now I'm stuck and I think I am going back to look at the discussion that follows. Still learning!
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	|  Topic: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:16 pm   Subject: Christmas and hard puzzles | 
  
	| I really enjoyed the Christmas puzzles. Challenging. Thanks. The 'very hard' daily puzzles seem to have got easier, though. Is it just me?
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	|  Topic: Christmas puzzleThursday 29 Dec | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku Squiggly puzzles   Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:27 pm   Subject: Christmas puzzleThursday 29 Dec | 
  
	| thanks sam, I now have three v. hard puzzles to do today! | 
  
	|  Topic: Christmas puzzleThursday 29 Dec | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku Squiggly puzzles   Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:54 pm   Subject: Christmas puzzleThursday 29 Dec | 
  
	| Isn't this (Christmas puzzle 29 Dec) the same as the Christmas puzzle posted for 25 December? I've just completed that one, looking for another difficult one.......nearly started all over again. Would ...
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	|  Topic: Gestalt/intuition | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: General discussion   Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:33 am   Subject: Gestalt/intuition | 
  
	| This thought occurs to me ... 
 Are there solvers on this forum who sometimes have the experience of 'knowing' a number must go in a particular square without going through the logical stages explicitl ...
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	|  Topic: New Sudoku website! | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:52 pm   Subject: New Sudoku website! | 
  
	| I think there is something wrong on this site - timer doesn't stop | 
  
	|  Topic: I give up!  - any suggestions please? | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:02 pm   Subject: I give up!  - any suggestions please? | 
  
	| Ah! Now I understand x-wing. | 
  
	|  Topic: I am stuck | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:24 am   Subject: I am stuck | 
  
	| Yes! Thanks. | 
  
	|  Topic: I am stuck | 
  
	| SR 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:04 pm   Subject: I am stuck | 
  
	| 2xx x1x xx8 x7x 28x 5xx
 6xx 3xx x9x
 
 9xx x4x x5x
 xx2 xxx 1xx
 x3x x6x xx7
 
 85x x27 xx3
 xx4 xx8 x6x
 1xx x9x xxx
 
 Can anyone help?
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