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🧠 Expert · 26 given numbers · ID expert-47

Expert Sudoku No. 47

A expert puzzle with exactly one solution. Techniques needed: naked single, hidden single, pointing pair, box/line reduction, forcing chain.

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Sudoku · ExpertNo. 47 · ID expert-47
Expert Sudoku No. 47Row 1: blank, blank, blank, blank, 1, 8, 7, blank, blank. Row 2: 8, blank, blank, blank, 2, blank, 1, blank, 6. Row 3: blank, blank, 5, blank, blank, 4, blank, 3, blank. Row 4: blank, blank, blank, 4, blank, blank, blank, 8, 5. Row 5: blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank. Row 6: 3, 8, blank, blank, blank, 1, blank, blank, blank. Row 7: blank, 7, blank, 2, blank, blank, 9, blank, blank. Row 8: 6, blank, 9, blank, 8, blank, blank, blank, 2. Row 9: blank, blank, 2, 7, 4, blank, blank, blank, blank.18782165434853817296982274
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About this puzzle

Expert puzzles need at least one top-tier technique: naked or hidden quads, Swordfish or a forcing chain (testing a two-candidate cell and following the consequences). Looking for a different challenge? Easy, Medium or Hard puzzles are on the printable Sudoku page.

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Sudoku and riddles train the same muscle: spotting what must be true. Here are a few hard riddles with answers.

Two elves guard two doors, and one door leads to Santa's workshop. One elf always tells the truth and the other always lies, but you do not know which is which. You ask either elf, "Which door would the other elf say leads to the workshop?" The elf points to Door A. Which door really leads to the workshop?

Type:LogicSeasonal
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The answer is

Door B

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Two fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?

Type:Math
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The answer is

They are a grandfather, a father and a son

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How can you add five to nine and get two?

Type:Math
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The answer is

On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock

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