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#2702255 5-May-2021 13:52

duckDecoy:

I'm stuck on this one.

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Can anyone help get me going again?

I haven't finished it yet, but to get the next digit

there's a hidden triple in box 8

that forces a pair in R1C5, R3C5

that in turn forces a digit into R2C5, R2C6, which forces it into R1C2 and that frees things up somewhat.

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#2702309 5-May-2021 14:04

floydbloke:

there's a hidden triple in box 8

Not sure if there is standard naming for the boxes in Sudoku, but which is box 8? And which is box 1?

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#2702312 5-May-2021 14:08

floydbloke:

there's a hidden triple in box 8

What's a hidden triple?

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#2702323 5-May-2021 14:15

floydbloke:

there's a hidden triple in box 8

Is the hidden triple the bottom row center box, and its 5-3-6? The R9C6 cannot contain 3, but that still counts as part of a hidden triple? I.e. if we have 3 and only 3 squares in a box where the numbers from the triple appear in, its a triple. If that's the case then this is a new technique I didn't know about, so thanks! I have only ever looked for where all of the 3 squares contained ALL of the three numbers.

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#2702348 5-May-2021 14:42

duckDecoy:

floydbloke:

there's a hidden triple in box 8

Is the hidden triple the bottom row center box, and its 5-3-6? The R9C6 cannot contain 3, but that still counts as part of a hidden triple? I.e. if we have 3 and only 3 squares in a box where the numbers from the triple appear in, its a triple. If that's the case then this is a new technique I didn't know about, so thanks! I have only ever looked for where all of the 3 squares contained ALL of the three numbers.

Spot on. that 'hidden triple', the 5-3-6 must occupy those 3 cells so it's blocked for any other numbers. So then think where the 1 needs to go in box 8, and the effect that has on box 2.

Re numbering, not sure if there is an official format but this is starting top-left then left to right working your way down is how CrackingThe Cryptic refer to them so I have adopted that.

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#2702542 5-May-2021 19:05

Top row after the 9 is a 7( courtesy of the hidden triple.
That solves the next top box ( 1/7)

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#2702841 6-May-2021 10:23

I always try to do it without writing the possible combinations in. I did that when I started but it seems a bit like it's against the spirit of the game. Same as writing out letter combinations for cryptic crosswords.

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#2708384 17-May-2021 12:54

Can anyone get me going again on this one?

Thanks

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#2708468 17-May-2021 15:00

duckDecoy:

Can anyone get me going again on this one?

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Thanks

That's a tough one alright, look for a hidden triple in column 6

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#2708482 17-May-2021 15:20

Row 1: (1 or 6) in col 1,

Row 2: col 1 & 3 are (2 or 4) and col 8 & 9 are (1 or 7)

Row 3: (1 or 7) in col 2, (6 or 7 in col 3), (1 or 6) in col 6

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#2709600 19-May-2021 12:33

I still haven't made any progress on this despite the replies I got. I've added my tick marks in now (not sure if that helps anyone, but i didnt want to have to do them again) Anyone able to give me some ideas on how to find the next number?

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#2709609 19-May-2021 12:58

Col 5, one of row 6,7,8 must be a 1 (because there's no 1s possible in the other cells).

So no other 1s in the bottom centre box.

So row 8, col 4 must be a 4.

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#2709624 19-May-2021 13:45

frankv:

Col 5, one of row 6,7,8 must be a 1 (because there's no 1s possible in the other cells).

So no other 1s in the bottom centre box.

So row 8, col 4 must be a 4.

Boom, thanks.

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#2709681 19-May-2021 15:17

duckDecoy:

Boom, thanks.

And think about where the 6 now needs to go in box 5, and then box 4, and box 6

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#2723744 10-Jun-2021 14:42

Any hints on this one?

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