Position Sudoku by Bill Murphy
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
The positions of some large numbers are clued in this puzzle. Can you find the position of everything else that is missing too?
or solve online (using SudokuPad)
Author/Opus: This is the 169th puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.
Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). Clues outside the grid give the position of the largest number in the first three cells as seen from the clue. (For example, the clue to the left of row 1 indicates that R1C2 is the largest number in R1C123, while R1C8 is the largest number in R1C789 as given by the clue to the right of the same row.)
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 14:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Spotted Saturnalia.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:27, with SudokuPad replay file shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).
Solution: PDF
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