Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #1
2 1
8 1 5

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

9 6 7
8 5 9

-- Charles Schulz
4 2
3 2 8
9 2
5 6 8
4 7
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #2
4 2 9 6
1 4 8
7

Little strokes fell John B. Oakes.

9 2

-- Poor Jimmy's Almanac

4 3 1 8
5 7
6
2 5 1
6 7 9 3
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #3
8 9

One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is
2 6 8

better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.

4 1 5
9 2 1

-- William Hazlitt
6 8
1 6 3
9 7 8
6 5 4
1 2
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #4
5 1 7
7 6

A successful [software] tool is one that was used to do something

9 5

undreamed of by its author.

7 6 2

-- S. C. Johnson
1 7 8 4
3 4 6
7 8
9 1
6 3 9
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #5
3 6 7
2 3
5 4 7

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

8 7

-- Sallust
8 4 6 3
6 3
2 3 9
8 1
2 5 4
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #6
6 8 9 3
3 8 9

We are going to give a little something, a few little years more, to

socialism, because socialism is defunct. It dies all by itself. The
bad thing is that socialism, being a victim of its ... Did I say
7 1
8 5

-- Fidel Castro
socialism?
9 2
7 2
1 9
2 1 6
5 1 4 8
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #7
8 4 2
2 7

You think Oedipus had a problem -- Adam was Eve's mother.

5 3
8 9 2 3
7 1
7 3 8 4
6 9
4 9
7 1 5
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
 Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17

Sudoku #8
3 1 9 8
4 8

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5

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3 8 5 4

Thank you!
9 6
6 7 5 2
5
1 2
9 3 2 1
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.

Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.
Hints Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17
Sudoku #1 Sudoku #2

a square you haven't solved yet. This square (or the one or two immediately after it) is a good candidate to solve next.
the same order you would use, but it's probably close. Follow the numbered squares in order 1,2,3,... until you find
INSTRUCTIONS: These hint grids reveal the order in which the squares were solved by my computer. It's not necessarily
31 36 39 37 55 56 47 32 18 33 19 1

24 32 19 33 25 12 42 43 44 34 45 20

34 2 26 27 3 28 35 46 47 36 37 21 22 13

4 17 35 29 57 48 23 24 15 16 25 26 2

14 20 49 5 40 11 41 9 10 14 11 12

21 18 22 42 9 43 8 38 27 28 17 29 30

15 50 8 44 58 51 52 7 48 57 49 50 51 52 53

6 7 16 53 54 45 54 31 39 55 56 3

30 1 23 46 38 10 13 4 5 6 40 41

Sudoku #3 Sudoku #4
36 10 29 37 13 30 21 41 6 42 43 57 44

22 11 16 15 23 20 45 46 47 48 49 28 31

3 55 56 46 4 2 34 11 8 35 36 24 29

47 48 49 50 38 1 50 37 12 21 25 22

31 39 12 40 18 32 33 23 1 18 19 13

41 17 57 51 42 14 7 20 16 17 2 9

6 7 52 53 54 5 51 52 38 53 14 54 3

8 24 34 19 25 26 5 55 56 39 40 15 10

43 27 44 45 35 28 9 32 33 4 30 26 27

Sudoku #5 Sudoku #6
17 53 54 18 13 19 16 1 35 24 36

48 34 55 56 49 43 8 25 26 13 17 15 18

35 36 1 10 11 26 37 11 27 49 46 2 38

50 27 51 2 3 20 44 39 40 28 12 29 41 20

45 46 40 47 16 42 3 50 57 51 14 52

28 57 52 41 7 42 15 19 43 53 47 5 48 4

29 21 30 37 9 31 10 21 6 44 30 45 31

22 6 24 25 4 12 14 7 8 54 55 56 22

5 23 39 38 32 33 32 33 34 23 9

Sudoku #7 Sudoku #8
36 30 31 32 7 8 23 24 13 25 17

56 43 37 44 5 33 45 21 11 3 15 18 19 5

46 47 48 19 20 38 39 26 27 34 16 28 45 46 14

21 22 15 23 1 4 1 47 48 49

57 49 40 2 34 24 35 57 6 35 50 51 36 52

25 26 13 3 27 53 2 54 37 38

50 51 52 16 17 28 18 7 8 29 12 39 40 41 30

53 54 55 14 41 29 42 9 55 31 42 56 43 32

4 9 10 11 6 12 22 44 10 33 20
Answers Intermediate Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 17
Sudoku #1 Sudoku #2
8 7 2 5 1 6 9 3 4 4 8 2 1 7 9 6 3 5
6 9 3 4 7 8 1 5 2 1 9 5 2 3 6 7 4 8

1 4 5 3 9 2 8 6 7 7 6 3 4 8 5 1 9 2
2 8 1 7 3 5 4 9 6 9 3 1 8 2 7 5 6 4
5 6 4 9 8 1 2 7 3 5 4 7 3 6 1 2 8 9

7 3 9 2 6 4 5 8 1 6 2 8 9 5 4 3 1 7
9 2 7 1 5 3 6 4 8 3 7 9 5 1 8 4 2 6
4 5 6 8 2 7 3 1 9 2 5 4 6 9 3 8 7 1
3 1 8 6 4 9 7 2 5 8 1 6 7 4 2 9 5 3

Sudoku #3 Sudoku #4
5 6 3 8 9 4 1 7 2 8 6 3 2 5 9 4 1 7
2 7 9 6 5 1 8 4 3 1 2 7 3 8 4 6 9 5
8 4 1 2 7 3 9 6 5 9 5 4 6 7 1 8 2 3
3 9 2 4 6 8 5 1 7 4 7 5 9 1 6 3 8 2
6 5 7 1 3 9 4 2 8 2 1 6 7 3 8 5 4 9
4 1 8 5 2 7 6 3 9 3 9 8 4 2 5 7 6 1
9 2 5 3 4 6 7 8 1 5 4 2 1 6 3 9 7 8
1 3 6 7 8 5 2 9 4 7 8 9 5 4 2 1 3 6
7 8 4 9 1 2 3 5 6 6 3 1 8 9 7 2 5 4

Sudoku #5 Sudoku #6
4 3 1 9 2 6 7 8 5 7 6 1 5 8 9 2 3 4
9 6 7 1 8 5 4 2 3 3 8 5 4 2 1 6 9 7
2 5 8 4 3 7 9 6 1 4 9 2 6 7 3 8 5 1

5 2 9 3 6 4 8 1 7 2 4 6 9 1 8 5 7 3
1 8 4 7 5 2 6 3 9 9 3 8 7 6 5 1 4 2

6 7 3 8 9 1 2 5 4 5 1 7 2 3 4 9 6 8
7 4 6 2 1 3 5 9 8 1 7 4 8 9 6 3 2 5
8 1 5 6 4 9 3 7 2 8 2 9 3 5 7 4 1 6

3 9 2 5 7 8 1 4 6 6 5 3 1 4 2 7 8 9

Sudoku #7 Sudoku #8
6 9 7 1 3 8 4 5
2 2 3 1 9 6 5 8 4 7
1 4 3 9 2 5 7 8 6 7 9 6 4 1 8 3 2 5
2 5 8 4 7 6 1 3 9 8 5 4 2 3 7 6 9 1
8 1 9 6 4 2 5 7 3 3 1 2 6 8 9 5 7 4

4 3 5 7 8 1 9 6 2 9 8 5 7 2 4 1 3 6

7 2 6 3 5 9 8 1 4 6 4 7 3 5 1 9 8 2

5 6 2 8 1 4 3 9 7 1 2 3 8 4 6 7 5 9
3 8 4 2 9 7 6 5 1 5 7 8 1 9 2 4 6 3
9 7 1 5 6 3 2 4 8 4 6 9 5 7 3 2 1 8