Sudoku by Thomas Snyder
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Theme: 2×3×4
Author/Opus: This is the 390th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.
Difficulty: 4 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 7:30, Master = 13:30, Expert = 27:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
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I normally don’t like Sudokus (especially these hard ones), but I did really like gung qrqhpgvba jvgu gur gjbf va gur gbc yrsg. V’ir arire frra gung orsber.
Thanks Sudgy — that was the key part of the solve I wanted people to discover, although it was a hard thing to telegraph so I was not how many people would find it.
Fun puzzle! Proud that I found the sticking point from the solution video, though it still took me a while after that to find what it had unlocked
11:17… Brilliant classic sudoku !…Really had some very narrow deductions