NYT Hard Sudoku Walkthrough | July 29, 2024

Solving today's The New York Times Hard Sudoku for July 29, 2024

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[Geets-H]

I found this puzzle difficult. I wouldn't have thought of finding the quad in R2 in order to reveal the triple. I had looked for triples all over the grid and missed that one. Thanks!

[sanferrera]

61 minutes! Proud of finding it...shamed for taking so long to find it! :))

[donnyh]

It's been a while since I've had this much trouble solving one!

[clarejones]

Would never have found the triple in row 2. Many thanks! I am learning lots!

[ianw]

Brilliant solve as I found it really difficult to spot the 189 triple. Well done

[arthurgershon]

52:39 - very tough today, thanks for the walkthrough




i never would have spotted that geometry... i found the 3456 quad with lots of marking and over 40 minutes of staring

[Sgth]

This was indeed tough.

At 6:33, I used what you used before. I gridded off whatever numbers were there so at the second block top right, I figured 8 goes there

[Lolo]

Very hard. Found the single 8 in r1 and the quad in r2. Even said that looks like a quad - then didn't twig that meant there must be a 189 triple so didn't finish. I'm learning a lot (slowly). Thank you.

[big_red]

This one stumped me. Particularly frustrating as it hinges on spotting one thing (much like one a few weeks ago that nearly made me quit doing these) and none of the techniques I've learned did anything.

[probpaul]

Very nice find on the 189! I don't think I would ever of found it.

[dbz]

This took me about 37 minutes... just took forever to find that quad in row 2!

[nowhammies]

This was trickier than most of the recent NYT puzzles - 17:40

[johnakeith]

Finding the 3 in R3C7 seems to be the key. The hidden 189 in Box 3 made the difference.

[evnoonan]

Another DNF 😢 never found that 189 triple and not sure I really understand how to look for it, I’m going to have to rewatch this one a couple times to really get it!

[noahvale]

This one stumped me, medium was also hard.

[michaelslavin]

Great solve of a nasty puzzle. Btw, where can I get the sodoku software you use so I can also use corner and central notation? Thx

[mr_waffles_the_dog]

So obnoxious, I got stuck for ages due to just missing what (in my pencil marking at that point) should have been a fairly obvious quad in r2