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Welcome to Puzzle Of The Day
from SudokuXP @ Paulspages

This lite edition of SudokuXP, the premium version of Sudoku@Paulspages, brings you puzzles of the day from the SudokuXP database.

To get a puzzle, press 'Get A Puzzle!' (right) then choose 'Puzzle Of The Day' and the rating you want.

NEW IN VERSION 5 OF SUDOKUXP:

Vague Hints with 'scratchcard' info panels

Manual candidate checking/fixing

Save your SudokuXP settings

Mark puzzles 'solved' with ratings/comments

Two new solving techniques

Positioned candidates with highlighting

Custom solving orders

PLUS hideable controls panels, improved save/restore, faster puzzle loading and more

Click here for details.

Grid size: Regular Large XL

This page creates, plays and solves sudoku puzzles. To get started, choose an option from the right-hand panel.

All puzzles generated by this page have a single solution. For harder puzzles, choose 24 or 22 starting squares.

Puzzle analysis:

No puzzle set.

SudokuXP's Puzzles Of The Day
This is a lite version of SudokuXP which brings you puzzles of the day from the SudokuXP database.
For details of the full version, with 20,000+ puzzle gallery, multi-puzzle print pages and 4X4/16X16 puzzles, click here.

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SudokuXP Forum!

Type your own puzzle:
1.
2. Type in clue squares.
3.
4. Now start solving! Use your own layout:
1. Read the details
(very important!)
2.

Mouse controls:

Choose a value (left) and an action (right), then click on a square to perform it.

Update square

Clear square

Add candidate

Remove candidate

Crosshatch box

Flag Candidate

Help, hints and information:

Vague Hints

Auto speed: slow med fast super

Hint:

TIP - click on blanked-out text
to see more information!

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Hint/analyzer options

Show errors Show analyzer log

Verify candidates before Check/Hint.
Always analyze Gallery puzzles on loading.
Warn before restoring previous hints.
Warn about editing auto candidates.
Use MSD techniques only.

Solving order
Custom order (explain/build) To analyze the puzzle using this order, choose 'Analyze from current position' from the Puzzle Info button menu

Check for advanced patterns (click green arrow) first:

Exposed multis Claims Hidden multis

Remote pair chains NU Rects. X-Wings

Swordfish XY/XYZ Conj chains

Forcing chain/loop Nishio Nice Loops

Max candidates in Nishio square:

Candidates: Auto Manual Positioned
Stuck? Help and How to solve

Do things:

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Choose symbols (details)

Notepad:

How this puzzle was solved:

© Paul Stephens 2005-7. All rights reserved.
Puzzles licensed for non-commercial use only. V5.4 code
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Generating puzzle - please wait.

(NOTE - the time taken to build a puzzle varies, and can be quite long, especially for puzzles with 26 or fewer starting squares.)

For pre-built, rated puzzles, choose 'Gallery Puzzle' from the 'Get A Puzzle!' menu.

Importing puzzle - please wait.

If the puzzle being imported is very complex, your browser may display a 'Script Running Slowly' message. This is normal. Click 'No' or 'Cancel' to continue importing this puzzle.

Import/Export Puzzle

To save the current puzzle, press 'Export puzzle' to put a text version of it into the box below
(note - this will include any numbers you've typed in).
Then copy the text to the clipboard and paste into a text document (e.g. Windows Notepad).

To import a puzzle, paste a text version of it into the box, then press 'Import puzzle'.

Import/export a puzzle

Import as layout

Include separator characters
Blank square symbol
Imported puzzles must use this symbol to represent blank squares.
To select all the text in the box, click anwhere in it.
Ctrl-C: copy    Ctrl-V: paste Import/export a candidate map

Include original puzzle
Include current puzzle

Candidate maps include the candidate values for empty squares, and are often posted in online sudoku solver forums.

WARNING - This puzzle has an 'outlaw' rating. It cannot be completely solved using the logical solving rules supported by SudokuXP (see How to solve sudoku). It may be necessary to use guesswork to solve it. Try it if you're tough enough!

Tip - you're using manual candidates, so you can type numbers into the corners of the squares, as if you were pencilling them in.

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