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A very sparse Sudoku (Posted on 2022-05-14) Difficulty: 4 of 5
A standard 9x9 Sudoku grid is entirely empty except for two numbers in the bottom row. The bottom row looks like: 1, blank, 2, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank.

The standard Sudoku rules apply: Each row and column must contain all the digits 1 to 9 and the smaller 3x3 blocks must also contain all the digits 1 to 9.

Two additional rules apply: Each of the positive diagonals must contain no repeating digits, and the adjacent digits along each positive diagonal must have a difference of 4 or more.

Note: the positive (sloped) diagonals are diagonals that run from southwest to northeast. To obey the difference rule, for example, the major positive diagonal can begin: 1, 5, 9, 3, ... but not 1, 6, 9, 3, ... because the difference between 9 and 6 is less than 4.

Find the unique solution for the full grid.

  Submitted by Steven Lord    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
The solution is:

874192356
396578124
521346798
768923541
245781963
913465287
689217435
457639812
132854679

This puzzle is known as "The Dutch Miracle" and was set by Aad Van de Wetering. It is solved with explanations by Simon Anthony the blog "Cracking the Cryptic".
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUnnXwLTbnA

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  Subject Author Date
Basketball StarsGreen Willard 2022-05-17 04:32:46
commentSteven Lord2022-05-14 12:25:15
Solutioncomputer-aided solution (spoiler)Charlie2022-05-14 11:19:59
just the main positively sloped diagonalLarry2022-05-14 08:46:24
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