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Qwen3.8 Flash-Next on Steady grid 5

Solved: 53 of 53 blank cells right. It said it was 100% sure. All of Qwen3.8 Flash-Next's answers.

RESULTSolved
CELLS RIGHT53 / 53
SAID100% sure
MODEL TIME18.2 min
COSTlocal, no list price
TOKENS IN / OUT349 / 19,960

5 given 5 filled correctly 53 wrong, with the right digit 3 left empty

The end of its reply

Looking at this puzzle, I'll work through it systematically using constraint elimination.

**Key deductions:**
- Box 3: Only R2C7 can hold 6 → R2C7=6, then R3C8=3, R2C9=7, R2C5=3
- Box 5: Only R6C6 can hold 6 → R6C6=6
- Box 4: Only R4C1 can hold 6 → R4C1=6, then R6C1=3
- Col 7: Only R5C7 can hold 3 → R5C7=3, then R6C7=5, R7C7=7
- Row 6: R6C2=1, R6C8/R6C9={2,4}
- Box 3: R1C7=8, leading to R1C1=9, R1C5=1
- Box 2: R3C4=5, R3C6=9, R3C2=8, R3C3=4
- Col 5: R7C5=9, R8C5=2
- Row 5: R5C3=8, R5C6=1, R5C4=2
- Col 3: R8C3=5, R9C3=9
- Row 8: R8C1=1, R8C4=8
- Col 6: R7C6=5, R9C6=4
- R7C1=2, R7C4=1

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963712845
521438697
784569231
652347918
498251376
317986524
246195783
175823469
839674152
</grid>
<confidence>100</confidence>

Grid steady-4 of set v1, 28 givens. Puzzle as one line: .63..2..552.4...9.7.....2......479..4.......6..798......6.....3.7...3.698..6..15.