We recently provided several of the puzzles for the United States Sudoku Team Qualifying Test and will be posting these here every few days through July. This week we’re featuring the standard variations starting with this Outside Sudoku (10 points).

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or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Theme: Twenty-Six

Author/Opus: This is the 610th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Outside Sudoku rules: Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region. Some numbers are given outside the grid. These numbers must appear in the first three cells in the corresponding direction.

Difficulty (highlight to view): 3.5 stars

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:45, Master = 9:00, Expert = 18:00

Solution: PDF; a YouTube video discussing this creation will be posted later.

Note: Follow this link for more Outside Sudoku puzzles. More Outside Sudoku puzzles can be found in Masterpiece Sudoku Mix 4.

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