Sudoku solution - New York Times 24 October 2024 Hard level 

On-going sequence of easy puzzles by NYT. 12 minutes.

Google claims there are only 750, 711 stores here in Australia, a long way short of Thailand.

8:52 : What do you mean by "Clearly seven is not here", pointing at box 2, row 2. I don't understand the logic which is obviously wrong - as seven will exactly be there -, although your next step is correct.

Definitely not hard. 10 minutes.