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SE grade 6.9 Sudoku

6.9SE grade · 23 clues

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An SE grade 6.9 Sudoku with 23 clues — hard, leaning on X-Wings and steady candidate elimination.

The SE grade is the canonical difficulty number from Sudoku Explainer — read how it works on the SE grade page.

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