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Losing $25 on the game and $25 on the instant replay.

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Stupid, n.:
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 Sudoku #2 Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 1

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Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.
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 Sudoku #3 Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 1

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Think harder.
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 Sudoku #4 Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 1

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You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
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-- Dorothy Parker
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 He who reforms himself, has done more towards reforming the public, than a
crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.
-- Lavater
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 Sudoku #6 Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 1

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Possessing the ability to have friends of both sexes.

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Binary, adj.:
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 A good neighbor is one who will watch your vacation slides all evening
without telling you that he has been there.
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Hints Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 1
Sudoku #1 Sudoku #2

a square you haven't solved yet. This square (or the one or two immediately after it) is a good candidate to solve next.
the same order you would use, but it's probably close. Follow the numbered squares in order 1,2,3,... until you find
INSTRUCTIONS: These hint grids reveal the order in which the squares were solved by my computer. It's not necessarily
32 49 50 33 51 37 2 8 15 18 53 37 34 54

1 16 52 47 35 9 23 24 55 20 28 56

31 29 48 28 36 34 15 44 14 22 29 19 30 25

11 3 13 40 39 9 26 1 35 31 21

10 8 4 7 12 13 16 2 10 32 27 33

27 6 25 38 30 14 7 5 3 6 4

45 5 26 21 53 54 43 41 41 40 11 42 36 39

22 23 17 18 19 47 57 17 48 49 43 50

46 24 55 20 56 57 42 44 51 45 38 52 12 46

Sudoku #3 Sudoku #4
6 12 39 40 35 31 22 10 52 41 7 42 32 33

15 54 55 13 23 1 43 34 19 44 1 28 31 35

32 24 25 26 17 18 53 45 17 16

41 7 47 36 42 37 46 47 22 25 29 26

48 56 49 50 2 43 51 48 36 49 3 37 30 24

44 52 45 3 9 46 14 15 12 27 21 23

18 27 28 19 11 13 10 11 5 9

4 20 57 53 16 14 57 8 2 54 4 6 38 55

33 29 21 38 8 34 30 5 56 39 50 20 40 51

Sudoku #5 Sudoku #6
25 6 22 3 18 23 49 38 45 17 28 5 52

48 41 7 54 49 27 7 30 2 50 27 3 51

14 16 19 4 17 24 20 44 39 59 57 15 40

55 56 50 33 42 18 31 14 34 32 29

51 57 52 13 53 8 28 29 26 37 13 26 53 47 19 20

34 43 35 1 32 12 36 6 1 35 11

36 15 44 11 12 31 45 41 54 21 23 42 24

30 46 47 5 37 21 55 8 46 58 56 22 16

38 39 9 10 2 40 10 9 43 25 48 33 4

Sudoku #7 Sudoku #8
55 56 37 38 19 27 31 20 24 12 13 41 14 1 35

32 39 33 34 28 29 49 50 42 6 26

30 47 48 40 26 21 30 15 25 23 9 31

1 22 23 14 2 10 19 18 57 11 51 28 36

57 49 24 25 15 10 37 27 38 22 16 32

50 51 6 11 7 8 20 52 53 43 21 7 8

16 52 3 53 12 4 17 44 2 39 33 29

5 41 17 9 42 13 54 55 45 56 3

35 43 54 44 45 18 46 36 5 46 47 4 48 34 40
Answers Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 1
Sudoku #1 Sudoku #2
3 9 4 8 5 1 2 6 7 8 2 9 1 3 6 5 7 4
6 2 7 9 3 4 1 8 5 1 7 5 8 9 4 2 6 3
5 8 1 6 2 7 9 3 4 6 3 4 5 2 7 8 1 9

1 4 9 7 8 3 5 2 6 5 9 1 3 7 8 6 4 2

8 6 3 2 4 5 7 1 9 2 6 3 4 5 1 7 9 8
2 7 5 1 9 6 3 4 8 4 8 7 2 6 9 1 3 5
9 3 6 5 1 8 4 7 2 3 5 6 9 1 2 4 8 7
4 5 8 3 7 2 6 9 1 9 1 8 7 4 5 3 2 6

7 1 2 4 6 9 8 5 3 7 4 2 6 8 3 9 5 1

Sudoku #3 Sudoku #4
2 4 8 3 6 9 1 5 7 2 6 7 3 5 9 1 8 4
3 6 1 5 4 7 9 2 8 5 9 8 7 4 1 2 6 3
7 9 5 2 8 1 3 6 4 3 1 4 6 2 8 7 5 9
8 7 4 1 9 5 2 3 6 9 4 5 8 3 2 6 1 7
6 1 9 4 3 2 7 8 5 1 8 2 9 7 6 4 3 5

5 3 2 8 7 6 4 9 1 6 7 3 5 1 4 8 9 2

4 5 3 7 2 8 6 1 9 7 5 6 2 8 3 9 4 1
1 2 6 9 5 4 8 7 3 8 3 1 4 9 7 5 2 6
9 8 7 6 1 3 5 4 2 4 2 9 1 6 5 3 7 8

Sudoku #5 Sudoku #6
2 1 5 4 9 8 7 6 3 3 2 9 4 5 7 8 1 6
9 8 6 3 7 2 1 5 4 8 5 7 9 6 1 4 2 3
4 3 7 1 6 5 9 8 2 1 6 4 8 3 2 5 7 9

6 2 3 9 8 4 5 7 1 9 1 8 5 7 3 2 6 4
8 5 9 7 2 1 4 3 6 2 3 5 1 4 6 7 9 8
1 7 4 6 5 3 2 9 8 7 4 6 2 9 8 1 3 5
5 6 2 8 4 9 3 1 7 4 9 3 7 1 5 6 8 2
3 4 8 5 1 7 6 2 9 6 8 1 3 2 4 9 5 7

7 9 1 2 3 6 8 4 5 5 7 2 6 8 9 3 4 1

Sudoku #7 Sudoku #8
1 5 7 3 9 2 8 4 6 6 2 3 7 5 8 4 9 1
8 2 4 6 7 5 1 3 9 4 5 7 1 2 9 8 6 3
6 3 9 8 4 1 5 7 2 1 9 8 4 3 6 2 5 7

4 6 1 9 8 3 7 2 5 5 3 1 8 4 2 6 7 9
9 8 5 7 2 4 6 1 3 2 8 9 6 7 5 3 1 4

2 7 3 1 5 6 4 9 8 7 6 4 3 9 1 5 2 8
3 4 2 5 1 8 9 6 7 9 1 5 2 8 4 7 3 6

7 1 8 2 6 9 3 5 4 3 4 6 5 1 7 9 8 2
5 9 6 4 3 7 2 8 1 8 7 2 9 6 3 1 4 5