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The Return Of One Of The World's Greatest Sudoku Setters

49K views · Sep 17, 2026 · Entertainment

Comments · 127

  • @ShakalDraconis · 13 days ago

    Quote from a family member, hearing me watching Cracking the Cryptic - "Is that the man that solves sudokus but hates doing sudoku?"

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  • @GenericKen000 · 13 days ago

    End of the puzzle, doubled 5-6-1 isn’t legal because of the 1-5 in the corner. So you’re stuck with d5-4-3 or d6-4-1, making r8c8 always 4

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  • @al129 · 13 days ago

    Not sure what&apos;s happened to the recording of the webcam, it drops out of sync, with the screen recording and Audio. &nbsp;Thankfully the Screen recording and Audio remain in sync, so the clicks and cell entries match Simon&apos;s voice. <br><br>Great to have a Jay Dyer puzzle on the channel again.

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  • @barefootalien · 13 days ago

    \*just stares, and stares, and stares, and stares at the 24 pairs that can&apos;t possibly equal 6 if a 2 is doubled...*

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  • @ismiek9617 · 13 days ago

    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYCf_M0qgrI&amp;t=2782">46:22</a> I was so relieved, hahahha

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  • @MichelKoopmansch · 13 days ago (edited)

    The forced 4 in R8C8 is the beautiful breakout of this puzzle. If R8C8 is 6, it forces double 5 and 1 to sum to 17 and that breaks R9C9. Then, as R8C8 is 4, R5C8 becomes blue 56 and colouring places blue 56 in R2C2.

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  • @frod1981 · 13 days ago

    I spent about 30 minutes, screaming at the TV for him to un-purplify his 2-4 pair in box 2 and box 4 that way he could use sudoku to figure out where his double digits were. &nbsp;I haven’t seen stressed like that since I watched football regularly. 😂😂

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  • @margaritashcheglova8670 · 6 days ago

    Aw, I always enjoy Jay&apos;s puzzles, couldn&apos;t take my eyes off this one as well!

  • @LeeLCheer · 13 days ago

    Welcome back, Jay Dyer. Simon should try the recent puzzle by Phistomefel since he returned as well.

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  • @thomasr6735 · 11 days ago

    I appreciate the Blackadder quote 😊

  • @ericpraline1302 · 11 days ago

    Nice one, it&apos;s been too long since a Jay Dyer puzzle has appeared.

  • @marktherunner6334 · 12 days ago

    An absolutely incredible puzzle. Just ridiculous how it solves so beautifully.

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