Sudoku Puzzles

Hi Everyone,

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Gath

Sunflowers!
Hmmmmm! ....Sun - flowers!
SON flowers? Was that a hint?
A son for Gath!
But WHEN?????

Sunflowers remind me of France, driving out of Paris toward Reims ... we saw fields of them. Lovely.

[incredibly long time taken today] Maen! Appallingly long solution today. Pretty picture, though...

These sunflowers are (were) in southern Spain.

46:22

Good mAen Everyone,
Sunflowers are so eye catching especially when it is a whole field of them. I know I have seen fields of them in Michigan too on one of my vacations, "up north".

Yep, Sunflowers.

Wow!!!! I have never seen so many sun flowers in one spot. What a pretty picture!!!

21:26 to you all.

Yes, this was a very difficult puzzle.

Hi ttt and Dave,

Please accept my apologize.Only now I understood why
step 3 is invalid. The reason is very very simple:
An Almost Lock Set is a strong link in the chain and
links to the rest of the chain using weak link.
I have used weak links (2)h1-(89)h12.That was I
wanted to know.
This was a good lesson for me.
Thanks for understanding.
Sotir

Gotta stop and smell the sunflowers, Sotir!

Wonderful, thanks Sue.

Oh dear ... it's addictive!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/diabolical-sudoku-jurors-halt-1m-trial/2008/06/10/ 1212863636766.html

Well, Sue, when I first saw the pic, I thought 'Kansas.' Then when you said 'Spain', I thought you could have saved a lot of money by just crossing the border (Oklahoma to Kansas) and taking the pic there.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/diabolical-sudoku-jurors-halt-1m-trial/2008/06/10/1212863636766. html

Just deleted the space added by the page break!

The story Kate from Sydney(Lane Cove) is talking about: At a drug trial in Sydney , the jury seemed to be taking notes diligently , until it was realised 4 or 5 of them were playing Sudoku ! The trial was aborted, and the Jury dismissed.Needed one guess (e1=6) to solve today's tough.

>1 hour

That was a toughie!

It must have been a boring trial.LOL

Hmmm forgot to say thanks Sue for the great photo of the sunflowers.

Tough puzzle earned its name today.

Wherever they grow,they are lovely flowers

15.36 That one sucked!
Another of Sue's wongerful pics.

A path to solve this one.
Start at 23, basic techniques UP28 (note pair 57 at e37)
1) Color on 2’s : b1=e1 – e4=a4 => a2 & b5<>2
2) (hp18)b56=(8-2)b2=(2)d2 – (2)d5=(2-1)e4=(1)e6 – (1)b6=(1)b5 => b5<>457, UP34
note : pair 25 at a45 & bd2, 18 at b56, triple 469 More...

Excellent proof ttt.