Friday Puzzle #172 - Classic Sudoku

[motris]

For those that haven't picked up my book The Art of Sudoku, this is the kind of tough, hand-written challenge you can find there. After writing enough sudoku I learned how to embed not only particular logical deductions throughout a grid, but also how to set up "Just One Cell"-like stopping points that really allow just one path forward. This

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Nice!

[anonymous]

If other puzzles can be solve like this sudoku.. Thank Dr Tom

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[anonymous]

Nicely constructed puzzle with a satisfying solution, indeed -- thanks for sharing. Good puzzle to practice refraining from writing in candidates until seemingly necessary, only to find out how nicely things begin to cancel anyway.