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Hard sudoku puzzles

Twenty hard 9 × 9 sudoku puzzles with about 27 clues, two per page, that cannot be finished with singles alone. Solutions in a compact grid at the back.

Pages
14
Puzzles
20
Grid
9×9
Answers
Included
Paper
A4 · Letter

PDF · 14 pages · 41 KB · CC BY-NC 4.0. Made by Print & Play Game. Free for personal and classroom use.

What you need

  • Any printer (black & white)
  • 14 sheets of paper
  • A pencil

About this sudoku book

Twenty hard sudoku puzzles with roughly 27 given numbers, two per page. Each one has been checked to have a single solution, and none can be finished with singles alone: at some point you will need pairs, pointing candidates or a careful bit of what-if. Twenty to thirty minutes a grid for an experienced solver.

What’s in the PDF

  • Pages 1–10: 20 9 × 9 puzzles, 2 per page (27 clues each), every one with a unique solution.
  • Pages 11–14: all the solutions, with the given numbers in bold.
  • Black and white, US Letter with 18 mm margins, so it also prints on A4 at 100 % scale.

Tip: When you stall, look for two cells in the same row, column or box that share the same two candidates: that naked pair clears those numbers from everything around it.

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