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Great job on making a sudoku with a minimal possible number of clues! It was very interesting though I had to resort to a lot of guesswork. I think I was missing something because it felt significantly harder than the few 4/5 star sudoku puzzles I did earlier.

Number: Puzzle #1624
Genre: Sudoku
Author: Bram
Appeared at: January 8, 2010

anurag.sahay wrote:

I like the endgame in the bottom-left.

Endgame? Bottom left is where I started then I worked my way clockwise so I ended in the bottom right...

Heh, this is a funny one. Ten islands, each of size ten... At first it looked somewhat intimidating but the flow is very smooth. Nice job!

Number: Puzzle #2989
Genre: Stream Islands
Author: cha
Appeared at: September 20, 2011

Bram wrote:

I think it's not very hard. Especially considering the B/E division over the top and bottom half. It's just different than the normal puzzles and makes you change you normal approach to these puzzles. This usually makes it feel harder.

I didn't notice this one when I was solving it earlier and it felt much harder than a 2 star puzzle. When I tried it now with this hint the whole flow was very smooth and it was fun to solve. Thanks.

Bram wrote:

If you change all 0's to 3's, 1's to 2's, 2's to 1's and 3's to 0's, you get another puzzle.

Fascinating indeed! Never seen anything like this. Happy birthday and thanks for the present!

There is a mistake (probably a misclick) in the officially accepted solution. The number in the very center is wrong.

Number: Puzzle #2763
Genre: Sudoku
Author: Akademik
Appeared at: July 20, 2011

Agreed!

I was never into the Cogwheel puzzles (still am not, I'm just cleaning up all the 2 star puzzles) but this one was very enjoyable.

Very nice layout! It took me forever to notice it but that's normal for me.

Number: Puzzle #2532
Genre: Country Road
Author: xevs
Appeared at: May 11, 2011

Oh, I see. Thank you.

Heh I never really worked with this rule when dealing with "no black" eyes. Gotta be more attentive next time.

I have something that looks like a different correct solution. I may be blind or I might have misunderstood the rules but I think it works as well. I'll post it here as a link only so as not to spoil it. Red lines indicate places that differ from the accepted solution.

http://i.imgur.com/onAry.jpg

Number: Puzzle #2618
Genre: Myopia
Author: Lord_Farin
Appeared at: April 15, 2011