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The digit with one square

Saturday's Master called for it seventeen times. Here is how to find it.

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Seventeen is the floor

How the smallest possible sudoku was settled, and a smaller rule you can prove with a pencil.

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A line claims a box

The mirror of last week's move, worked on Wednesday's No. 72.

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A box points to a line

International Sudoku Day's edition, and the move Saturday's Master needed.

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The first world champion

Lucca in 2006, a hidden pair worth learning, and what Saturday is for.

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How a naked pair clears a row

A worked example with real coordinates, plus this week's seven editions.

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