It fills me with so much more confidence that you also get stuck. I managed to collapse once I found a 15 remote pair in boxes 7 & 8, long after I had the 26 pair that collapsed for you. You single-handedly have allowed me to solve hard puzzles with your videos, so thank you and keep it up!
Great minds think alike :) My solve exactly paralleled yours (mine being slower, as usual). Spoiler follows ... - - - - - Like you, I started with the two "Given-centric-scanning" triples (the 1, 5, 7 and the 2, 3. 6). That led me to the two 2,6 pairs in c3. I found those through my brute-force corner-marking. Once I had the two 2,6 pairs in C3, the rest of the puzzle collapsed like yours. I'm happy that I ended up following the same path as you. Props for another fun one on this holiday Sunday.
I had the same problem, not seeing that 26 double (which I had marked) but I also missed that 389 triple in box 7 which would have solved it too! I'm glad you got stuck where I got stuck! :)
Another way to break this puzzle is to notice the "389" Triple in Box 7, which then leads to the '26' pair, which makes Row 3, Col 3 a naked single.
It fills me with so much more confidence that you also get stuck.
I managed to collapse once I found a 15 remote pair in boxes 7 & 8, long after I had the 26 pair that collapsed for you.
You single-handedly have allowed me to solve hard puzzles with your videos, so thank you and keep it up!
28:15 to solve. Tough one today!
Hello i love watching your videos and it makes my day 😊
Also I’m the first person
Nice solve, again.
You started in col7, but the givens in col7 fill box 3, too.
Yeah I think that's always going to happen with the traditional "NYT Trick"
Great minds think alike :) My solve exactly paralleled yours (mine being slower, as usual). Spoiler follows ...
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Like you, I started with the two "Given-centric-scanning" triples (the 1, 5, 7 and the 2, 3. 6). That led me to the two 2,6 pairs in c3. I found those through my brute-force corner-marking. Once I had the two 2,6 pairs in C3, the rest of the puzzle collapsed like yours. I'm happy that I ended up following the same path as you.
Props for another fun one on this holiday Sunday.
I had the same problem, not seeing that 26 double (which I had marked) but I also missed that 389 triple in box 7 which would have solved it too! I'm glad you got stuck where I got stuck! :)
Missed hidden triple in box 7…389 in column 1 and 389 in row 7, leaves a hidden (geometry) in box 7 thus pointing pair of 6 in row 7…
I used the autofill offer by NYT - and when I do I always finish way faster. My scanning is just better that way.
I used uniqueness: the left-bottom corner was down to 157, but 15 could be ruled out bu uniqueness.
I don’t know if your loyal followers get a vote, but I prefer the simpler “Geometry” to “Given-centric scanning”
I think Geometry is a subset of "given-centric scanning" so I'll try to differentiate the two a bit and not lean too heavily on the latter.
I did badly. If you don't find the pointing 6, you are doomed :))