Solution to Sudoku no 272

Sudoku no 272 (Easy)

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Solution to Puzzle no 2

ability
ant
anti
bait
bat
bit
inability
initial
laity
lint
lit
litany
nit
tab
tail
tan
tibia
tin
tiny

Word Puzzle no 2

How many words can you make using the letters in the table below?
Each word must have at least three letters and must include the red letter in the middle.
Target = 19 words:

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Solution to Puzzle no 271

Sudoku Puzzle no 271 (Diabolical)

Erick Middleton, a member of my Sudoku Puzzles Facebook group, sent me some more puzzles a day or two ago. He creates them using a Perl script (whereas I use a C program). Here is one of his puzzles. It starts easily but has three tough / diabolical positions towards the end:

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Solution to Puzzle no 270

Sudoku Puzzle no 270 (Moderate)

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Solution to Sudoku no 269

Here is my original version of the solution:
 

...and here is another version from Baby-Rey Zaballero. She is a member of the Sudoku Puzzles Facebook group:

Sudoku no 269 (Extreme)

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Solution to Sudoku no 268

Sudoku no 268 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 267

Sudoku Puzzle no 267 (Moderate)

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Solution to Puzzle no 266

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...and here is another version from Myrna Dulce Astibe, a member of my Sudoku Puzzles Facebook group:

Sudoku Puzzle no 266 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 265

Sudoku Puzzle no 265 (Moderate)

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Solution to Puzzle no 264

Sudoku Puzzle no 264 (Diabolical)

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Solution to Sudoku no 263

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...and here is another version, which mmm(mia) sent to me on Twitter:

Sudoku no 263 (Easy)

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Solution to Sudoku no 262

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...and here is another version from Myrna Dulce Astibe, a member of the Sudoku Puzzles Facebook group:

Sudoku no 262 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 1

cent

cite

entice

epic

except

excepting

excite

exec
exigent
exit
expect
expecting

gee

gene

genetic

genie

gent

get

ice

inept

net

next

nice

niece

pectin

pee

peeing

peg

pen

pence

pent

pet

pie

piece

pine

tee

teeing

teen

ten

tie

tine

tinge

Word Puzzle no 1

How many words can you make using the letters in the table below?
Each word must have at least three letters and must include the red letter in the middle.
Target = 42 words:

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British English Rules

All words must have at least three letters.
There is at least one nine letter word.
All words must include the red letter in the centre of the table.
If a letter appears once in the table, you may only use it once in each word.
If a letter appears twice in the table, you may use it once or twice in each word and so on.
You may only use British English spelling for this puzzle.
Plurals are allowed.
Verb conjugations are allowed. 
Comparatives and superlatives (e.g. big, bigger, biggest) are allowed.
Some well known abbreviations are allowed (e.g. gent, which is short for gentleman).
Proper nouns e.g. Andrew, London and Thames are not allowed. You can recognise these as they begin with a capital letter.
Local dialect is not allowed.
Offensive swear words are not allowed.
Acronyms, e.g. CIA, DVLA and MEP, are not allowed. 
The answers will usually be published a day or two after the puzzle.

Solution to Puzzle no 261

Sudoku no 261 (Moderate)

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Solution to Sudoku no 260

Sudoku no 260 (Tough)

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Solution to Sudoku no 259

Sudoku no 259 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 258

Sudoku Puzzle no 258 (Diabolical)

According to Andrew Stuart's grader and solver, this Sudoku puzzle has 18 tough or diabolical positions to work through. This puts it at the top of the diabolical category:

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Solution to Puzzle no 257

Sudoku Puzzle no 257 (Easy)

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Solution to Puzzle no 256

Sudoku Puzzle no 256 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 255

Sudoku Puzzle no 255 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 254

Sudoku Puzzle no 254 (Tough)

This Sudoku puzzle is at the lower end of the tough category:

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