Re: killer sudoku duplicate numbers
sneaklyfox wrote:
Ok, no duplicate numbers in a cage is a rule for killer sudokus. But there is an L-shaped cage in August 23rd difficult puzzle (25) that can only be satisfied by the numbers 8,9,8 or 9,7,9...
I don't see why "no duplicate numbers in a cage" has to be a rule for Killer Sudoku in cases (such as the one you mention) where the cage straddles two 3x3 grids. There is thus no violation of the 1-9 unique values in any 3x3 or in any row or column...
What am I missing? At the time I checked last, 48 people (including me) had solved the puzzle, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal...