Hello, Miles. The Microsoft has you! If not, you are VERY lucky.

11 Mar 05 08:48, you sent this data to me:

MM>> 3. Each of the 3x3 squares is made up of only one digit from the
MM>> range.
ARS>> I don't understand this. :-(

MM> The 9x9 array of numbers I set out was...

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MM> All very cunning ... with solving it being a matter of careful
MM> elimination.
MM> Any thoughts on solving these puzzles ?
MM> :-)

Hmm, reminds me of "Japanese crosswords". And there are programs
who solve them. ;)
I don't dare to solve this on paper, or even in text editor - just tried
and failed ;-) I think there are programs for them, just like for J.cs? To
make an initially-null value gray, and to highlight errors... Hm, would it
be fair?

Hej hej!
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