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The Sudoku National Championship was just completed in Philly. I'm sure the final puzzle is somewhere on the web, but I can't find it. Has anyone else locted it?

Using Crunched's grid above, in blocks 7,8, and 9 there is a pattern of six 259s with one including a 3. Can we assume that similar to a rectangle, the one including the 3 must always be a 3?

I think I have it. Thanks to all!

Thanks to all. Can the ERI contain one of the numbers in the comlementary strong link? For example, in this puzzle if the strong link contained a 4, would the 4s in box 7 constitute a ER with 345 be ...

Architech, Thanks for the reply. I've just been reading up on ERs, and I'm trying to use this puzzle as a tutorial. I see the strong link in row 3, but I can't see the ER. In your response, you id ...

I'm stuck. What technique gets me to the next number?

+--------------+-----------+------------+
| 358 356 1 | 4 9 78 | 358 2 67 |
| 2 4 368 | 5 1 78 | 38 9 67 |
| 578 57 ...

OMG! It had to be something like that. Of course, that solves the puzzle. Thanks!

The "hint" feature tells me that R2C9 is a 2, but I can't figure out what eliminates the 9. This was the daily newspaper puzzle last Friday, and it should not require any advanced technique ...

This is a relatively easy puzzle, but I'm missing a tree for the forrest.

[code]
+---------------+---------------+------------+
| 7 14 2 | 49 5 6 | 3 8 19 |
| 389 34 89 | ...

I need a hint on this one.

In a recent puzzle, I had the following pattern, six cells in two rows and three columns:

17 127 1279
17 127 127

Can I always assume the 1279 cell reduces to 9?

Or, an XY chain beginning with 47 in C1 ending with 74 in C6.

Seeing today's Easy puzzle, I went to Menneske for a challenge. I usually take on SH puzzles rated in their 50-75 range, and I'm usually able to solve those puzzles. I don't understand what that rat ...

Using arkietech's diagram, all that is needed to solve this one is the 69,69,69,369 UR. Not really a VH puzzle.

I an not an "advanced" puzzle solver, but after doing VH puzzles at this site for a year or so, they are no longer much of a challenge. After basics on today's puzzle, one obvious XYZ wing ...

In the discussion of another recent puzzle, someone referred to a BUG + 1 "within a square." I am familiar with the BUG +1 in the entire puzzle, ie, all the remaining cells in the puzzle ha ...

In the discussion of a recent puzzle, there was a reference to a M-wing. I can't find and description of a M-wing in the archives. What is it?

Looks easy, but I'm stuck:

+--------------+-----------+-------------+
| 2459 456 1 | 8 24 59 | 256 3 7 |
| 2459 3 8 | 246 7 59 | 256 1 245 |
| 7 456 245 | 246 3 1 | 9 245 ...

An easy newspaper puzzle this week has me stumped. I solved the puzzle very quickly without pencil marks. My wife got the puzzle to this point, and got stuck. I attempted to finish it for her, but ...

I read the FAQ, too. That's why I have no idea how the number is derived. I think the FAQ must be a translation from ancient Norwegian.