Got stuck two-thirds in. Couldn't find a logical way forward for several minutes. Resorted to "shaving" in the end (try one possible value and see whether it leads to a contradiction). Luckily, the guess was correct. Will have to do it again to see whether I missed something...
Posted 8th Jul 2022 at 21:34 Last edited by JoergWausW 8th Jul 2022 at 22:10
Sometimes I get stuck after a lot of time. No further step to be seen. No matter what I do, I get a contradiction. That's my usual fate. Eventually I hit the "show wrong" button and trace back to figure out where my mistake occured. Last time, it was the fifth cell from the beginning I entered pencil marks and missed only one - the correct digit for that cell.
But sometimes I'm also lucky - I had to backtrack at that Toroidal 290 and fix a mistake. That happened not as early in the puzzle, so I could fix it...
Edit after this one: I ran in some trouble, too, but probably a mistake. Went back a bit a resumed and it worked out.
My guess for you being stuck, winterer: Bottom left area, I think it was an A-1-combination in two cells that I was lucky enough to see pretty quickly...
Tried it again with Auto-Add/Auto-Remove, to speed things up. Still got stuck at the same spot... No A-1 combination in the lower left that would help.
Yes, indeed, thanks! Helps getting rid of an 8 in row 6, and the rest is straightforward...
Went over it so many times, can't believe I haven't seen it earlier.
Incidentally, the cell where I could delete the 8 was the one where I tried the remaining value in my first attempt. Must have been my subconscious that had seen it and made me make the correct guess... :-D
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Last edited by JoergWausW 8th Jul 2022 at 22:10
Eventually I hit the "show wrong" button and trace back to figure out where my mistake occured. Last time, it was the fifth cell from the beginning I entered pencil marks and missed only one - the correct digit for that cell.
But sometimes I'm also lucky - I had to backtrack at that Toroidal 290 and fix a mistake. That happened not as early in the puzzle, so I could fix it...
Edit after this one: I ran in some trouble, too, but probably a mistake. Went back a bit a resumed and it worked out.
My guess for you being stuck, winterer: Bottom left area, I think it was an A-1-combination in two cells that I was lucky enough to see pretty quickly...
Still got stuck at the same spot... No A-1 combination in the lower left that would help.
https://filedropper.com/d/s/WJkUA4UdkWmHpcldXGBSykSlvzerOs
Here's the clue: where is the 8 in row 5?
Helps getting rid of an 8 in row 6, and the rest is straightforward...
Went over it so many times, can't believe I haven't seen it earlier.
Incidentally, the cell where I could delete the 8 was the one where I tried the remaining value in my first attempt. Must have been my subconscious that had seen it and made me make the correct guess... :-D
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