Just One Cell Classic Sudoku by Thomas Snyder
Today includes two of the three Semi-Final A puzzles, starting with this one. The third puzzle in the semi-final will be posted tomorrow.
or solve online in Penpa, or also solve online in SudokuPad as a new option (note: highly recommended to turn off “Mark Solved Digits” option if you use that in SudokuPad).
Author/Opus: This is the 574th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: This Sudoku does not have a unique solution for the full grid (it actually has a large number of solutions), but there is exactly one cell in which a number can be logically placed that is fixed across all solutions. Find this cell and its unique value.
This puzzle follows Classic Sudoku rules, so no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region.
Time Standards: This competition had 1-point (easy), 2-point (medium), 3-point (hard), or higher value puzzles. This would have been 2 points (medium category), roughly 1.5-2 minute target.
Solution: PDF
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