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Qwen3.8 Flash-Next on Devious grid 3

Solved: 49 of 49 blank cells right. It said it was 100% sure. All of Qwen3.8 Flash-Next's answers.

RESULTSolved
CELLS RIGHT49 / 49
SAID100% sure
MODEL TIME21.5 min
COSTlocal, no list price
TOKENS IN / OUT362 / 27,992

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 propagation and logical deduction.

**Key deductions:**
- (9,5)=6 (only value in box 8 for col 5), cascading to fill (7,5)=2, (8,5)=7
- (4,2)=4 (only value for box 4/col 2/row 4 intersection)
- (4,6)=8 (only cell in box 5 that can hold 8), then (5,5)=3, (6,5)=1
- (3,1)=9 (forced by col 1 constraints)
- (1,3)=7 (resolves box 1 placement), leading to (5,4)=6, (6,4)=4
- (7,7)=6 (forced by box 9), then (9,7)=4, (6,7)=8
- Remaining cells fill through elimination

<grid>
127986534
536147982
984253167
641798325
298635741
375412896
753824619
469371258
812569473
</grid>
<confidence>100</confidence>

Grid devious-2 of set v1, 32 givens. Puzzle as one line: .2.9.6..45..14.....84...16.6.1.9..2......5...375..2.9.7..8...194..3..2....25...73