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Puzzle difficulty

First of all, I posted a Killer X puzzle rated THINKER for today. I would like to know how difficult you find this one. Regarding the INSANE puzzle posted on Friday – I see that there has been a lot of discussion regarding it’s difficulty and the difficulty of some other puzzles posted last week. […]
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You Asked For It!

As promised, I just posted a puzzle with the rating that is currently in the lead in our poll. And that, apparently, is INSANE. This puzzle requires all Killer techniques + it requires some advanced classic Sudoku techniques (match subsets etc). It does not require trial and error! I hope someone will solve it without […]
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Complex innies/outies

One of our visitors (Phyllis) asked about the puzzle posted on October 13. Now, this puzzle definitely doesn’t need any trial and error to be solved – in fact it’s only rated as “thinker”. However, it requires a technique that in the new version of Perfect Sudoku will be called “complex innies/outies”. It is basically […]
Fiendish Killer Sudoku Book

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Cindy’s puzzle

Cindy, one of our regular visitors kindly asked me to post a daily puzzle today and I couldn’t say no :). So, even that I usually don’t do it on Saturday’s – you can find a very nice Killer Sudoku on the Daily page. It’s interesting that this one after the usual procedure of finding […]
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Cage Splitting – Killer Sudoku

Ok, here is the explanation of the “Cage/fence splitting” solving technique for Killer Sudoku puzzles that I promised before. I will use the puzzle posted on Friday, October 7 and solve it step by step using this method. We extend the idea of the “innies” and “outies” solving technique, except that you’re not looking for […]
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Two very cool puzzles today!

I’ve posted two very beautiful puzzles today. Killer Sudoku: This one might look very difficult but after a tough first step, the solution unfolds really easy. This is at least how I got the solution :), there could be a simpler one. Anyhow, I will use this one to explain the technique that I call […]
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Killer Sudoku – September 27th

Many people have asked about the Killer Sudoku posted on September 27th. I haven’t tried to solve this Killer by hand but it is very much possible that it requires either a lot of math (the technique that I call “cage/fence splitting”, which will be explained in the next few days) or that it cannot […]
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The Rule of 45 of Killer Sudoku (innies and outies)

This tip is probably the most important solving technique of Killer Sudoku, one that will save you a lot of time. It does involve some math, but very simple one. Basically, the whole story is that you have to bear in mind that 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 = 45. Very smart, huh? Well, maybe not so, but it’s […]
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Welcome to Perfect Sudoku!

Welcome to www.djapedjape.com, the home of Perfect Sudoku! In the coming days you may expect news on Sudoku puzzles, software, solving and generating techniques here… Happy solving!
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