This was a great puzzle. I was slow to pick up on a few things after I had identified a myriad of remote pairs and other bi-value cells that did not get me unstuck. The puzzle started to go well when I finally turned my attention to block 4 and got the crucial 49 pair and the 5 in the SE corner. Good demo and thanks for posting.
It found it harder than should have been the case, which highlights a blind side I have. I knew that in the lower horizontal chute there was a double row elimination. I also knew about the bi-value 2 or 4 cell in box 7, but something prevented me connecting both bits of information to place a number. Had I used Snyder notation in box 7, I'd have seen what to do, but I try not to use pencil marks. It would be fair to say if you need say a Y Wing elimination you'd need to see how the 3 numbers are arranged and which cells are impacted. I have occasionally seen a two string kite without candidates, and remote pairs, though with those I put dots where they occur so again I can locate the cell restricted as a result.
It sometimes takes me a while to see things too, in some puzzles. There have been times when I see something later, only to realize I should have seen it much sooner! Although I advocate not using pencil marks, there are some techniques that can't easily be used without pencil marks.
You solve so fluently, and your working memory is very good 👍 I took a slightly different solve path using an XYZ wing and had to use pencil marks.
Thanks for your comment. Yeah, XYZ wings would be hard to use without pencil marks!
This was a great puzzle. I was slow to pick up on a few things after I had identified a myriad of remote pairs and other bi-value cells that did not get me unstuck. The puzzle started to go well when I finally turned my attention to block 4 and got the crucial 49 pair and the 5 in the SE corner. Good demo and thanks for posting.
Nice work! Yeah, the 49s in box 4 were very helpful.
Thank you kindly
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Nice job Harold. This was a little tricky. Nice job spotting the Date with the 4 across the bottom along with all the hidden pairs.
Thanks 👍.
Thanks for your new educational puzzles - indeed for being a regular mentor electronically. 👍
You're welcome. I'm glad I can be "your mentor!" :-)
I learned a few things. Thank you for making it look so simple.
Thanks for your comment. I'm glad this helped you! Happy solving!
It found it harder than should have been the case, which highlights a blind side I have. I knew that in the lower horizontal chute there was a double row elimination. I also knew about the bi-value 2 or 4 cell in box 7, but something prevented me connecting both bits of information to place a number. Had I used Snyder notation in box 7, I'd have seen what to do, but I try not to use pencil marks. It would be fair to say if you need say a Y Wing elimination you'd need to see how the 3 numbers are arranged and which cells are impacted. I have occasionally seen a two string kite without candidates, and remote pairs, though with those I put dots where they occur so again I can locate the cell restricted as a result.
It sometimes takes me a while to see things too, in some puzzles. There have been times when I see something later, only to realize I should have seen it much sooner!
Although I advocate not using pencil marks, there are some techniques that can't easily be used without pencil marks.
Fun puzzle. Was pleased I was able to solve it. Although took me about 90 minutes of slow going.
Very good!
Solved using pencil marks.
Very good!
It's interesting that HoDoKu rates this as low-to-mid-range Medium, whereas Andrew Stuart's Online Solver rates it as low-end Tough. Whatever the grade, it's good fun to solve (82 = row 8 column 2):
82, 21, 63, 83, 11,
64, 86, 24, 15, 55,
66, 42, 51, 91, 71,
95, 92, 69, 28, 61,
41, 68, 37, 27, 16,
26, 33, 47, 49, 77,
84, 35, 34, 46, 44,
76, 99, 89, 94, 75,
97, 58, 78, 57, 19,
39, 13, 32, 18, 53,
52, 73, 72, 59, 83.
:-)