Sudoku Puzzles

Hi Everyone,

You can now right click to place possibilies in the puzzle. Hopefully, this will make playing the puzzle a little more enjoyable.


Gath

I can't see any elephants, they must be hiding among the tree trunks.

Tree trunks??where?i dont see any such things here!!now whose sight is the 'badest'?he he..
cheers

8.03 easy and cool elephants

mAen! 30:21 - an ok time for me :)

Did you spot the old tire hanging from the tree!
So this is where the local kids come to swing (and jump into the pond on the upswing)?

Good Maen all! 16:32 I see the fence and the feeder...is this at a preserve? Great photo

Wow, picture makes me want to wish that I was holding the camera

Is that a new enclosure I see? I'm sure it didn't look that nice last time I was there - though that was in June '04. They look happy.

I just cannot seem to make the leap to complete the tough puzzles. I try every day, but am only occasionally successful.
So, no elephants for me! :(

Mary - keep at it. There are many of us who struggle with these. I frequently have to resort to a guess - though I try to make these based on possible outcomes, and they're still often wrong...either way, they will usually open up a path to follow.

Keep trying, Mary. Use possibilities - I find it easier for me to choose the right number if the possibilities are listed there. My husband would rather just keep staring at the puzzle with empty suares!

Wonder who scrubs the elephant's back? Have a great day/night, everyone.

Thanks for the encouragement, PJ and Karen. I will keep working at them. There just seems to be a monumental increase in difficulty as you progress from Hard to Tough.

'Thanks for giving me a shower good friend'

Good maEn to all.

25:10; Mary, I had a strong urge to give up after about 15 minutes, but after resorting to a couple of guesses, mustered my way through. Be patient.

34:41

Just had a visit to Thailand and went for an elephant ride. When I lived in Melbourne we used to ride the elephants at the zoo

four got their swim trunks?

Mary,

When I first started on the Toughs I almost never got them (and I still take a lot longer than the folks brave enough to post their times!). One thing that helped was going to some of Steve's blog pages and working old puzzles. For example, the y-wing page has a list of links to More...

Thanks Meredith. I will check out Steve's older blog pages. I have found his newer ones (written in English!) more understandable, but I have trouble using the techniques on my own.

Gath, thanks for the right click - a great and useful feature. Could you add a feature where you cannot enter a possibility into a square where you have already found the number - I do this frequently - mark it down to poor eyesight and sloppy mouse work. Thanks again.

Interesting photo. Was this taken at a zoo? There appears to be some sort of fence in the background on the left.

It sounds as if we all employ different strategies in solving the toughs. I solve, or at least reduce, every time I fill in a row, column, or box with possibilities. If I had to look at the entire puzzle with all of the possibilities placed, I would freak! Just do whatever works for you, eh? And good luck!

Taronga Zoo is Sydney's main zoo. It's a new enclosure for the elephants. The pool goes right around the outside and is deep enough for them to fully submerge. When I arrived I could see three trunk snorkels and nothing else. A moment after this photo was taken, the elephant approaching the pool was in the water and the two were playing - I've sent in that picture too.

Good afternoon to all! Goodness gracious, there's an elephant in my bathtub!

An elephant sized bathtub is needed here!

Mary, Play the pic as a jigsaw and you can see the pic even if you don't solve the puzzle.

1) Start at 22 filled. Unique Possibilities (UP) to 25
2) pair 24 at ac9, forbids b8=24, c7=24, di9=24, eh9=2. UP 28.
3) triple 135 at ghi1, forbids bef=135, g3b2=135. UP 29.
4a) fc on 8's: b1 == b8 -- d8 == d3, forbids c3=8.
4b) hidden pair 13 at b23, forbids b2=45, b3=258.
4c) More...

25:00 started to give up, but just made a couple of educated guesses and it all opened up..so glad I did! I love elephants! I collect them. (Well, figurines, stuffed dolls, etc. Not real ones)
Now I think I'll do this one as a puzzle, just so I can see it again! :)

I really like that they get me thinking, But I certainly wouldn't post my time,

The right click is great, and I think will shorten my time, with less fiddling around.

hey dave:

please tell me how you can have a strong link (4a) b1==b8 when you have 8s at b45. still trying to learn....thanks

14:19 wow i cant believe i did that!

Rather simple. Took around 25 mts.

Dec. 17, 2007.

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