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Sudoku from Sudoku Solutions.

Here's a Sudoku grid with all the obvious candidates removed. Your task is to re-supply the givens.

find the givens

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    $\begingroup$ this problem gets harder the more givens given $\endgroup$
    – JMP
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 12:53
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    $\begingroup$ JonMark: congratulations on 20k rep!! :D $\endgroup$
    – El-Guest
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 13:22
  • $\begingroup$ Should we put the reverse-puzzling tag? $\endgroup$
    – Dr Xorile
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 16:48
  • $\begingroup$ @DrXorile; I was going to, but this puzzle doesn't fit the tag info, which is to guess the puzzle from some other information $\endgroup$
    – JMP
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 16:52
  • $\begingroup$ It's the nature of the puzzle given information about solving it. I would say this would be included in the original intent. $\endgroup$
    – Dr Xorile
    Commented Mar 12, 2019 at 0:59

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I think by

filling in the gaps, we get something like this: unsolved sudoku

The final solution therefore looks like this:

solved sudoku

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According to me, the solution would be:

image description

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    $\begingroup$ Nice answer!! Think I just got you by a couple minutes! Glad to see we're on the same page :) $\endgroup$
    – El-Guest
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 12:29
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    $\begingroup$ Thanks, @JonMarkPerry! This was a fun puzzle, I haven't done one like this before! $\endgroup$
    – El-Guest
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 13:04
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    $\begingroup$ @El-Guest You're right. By the way it was a fun puzzle, and your answer looks far better than mine. It has my upvote! $\endgroup$
    – Eagle
    Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 13:27

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