Printable Expert Sudoku

Set 1024uuv. 8 puzzles with an answer key, ready to print.

Expert puzzles are our hardest tier, with sparse grids usually in the mid-20s for givens. Expect to fill in every candidate and hunt for x-wings and swordfish. A printed copy and a sharp pencil is the classic way to tackle them.

Each free PDF has 8 puzzles, four to a page on US Letter paper, plus an answer key with every solution. Every puzzle has exactly one solution. A new set appears here every day, or you can grab a different set any time.

Puzzles in this set

  1. Expert #1

    3479
    5
    943
    67845
    13
    16
    6
    745
    1527
  2. Expert #2

    25194
    75
    21
    534
    18
    165297
    47
    74
    98
  3. Expert #3

    167
    4123
    978
    8375
    329
    174
    38
    25
  4. Expert #4

    37
    947
    4896
    52
    7
    176935
    83
    52
    26
  5. Expert #5

    4365
    69
    91
    7984
    582
    467
    83
    73519
  6. Expert #6

    974
    52
    3128
    1
    873
    5834
    1823
    97
    21
  7. Expert #7

    72
    49
    197
    741
    95
    2
    32715
    8357
    24
  8. Expert #8

    653
    487
    796
    68
    7538
    29
    17
    1826
    42

Answers are on the last page of the PDF.

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