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Single-Cell Cage

Beginner Places a digit Used in: Calcudoku

Single-Cell Cage

A cage made of a single cell has nothing to combine with, so its clue fixes the cell’s value outright. Spotting these first gives you free anchors to build the rest of the solve around.

How to spot it

A cage made of a single cell.

What you can conclude

Its clue is the cell’s value — place it directly.

Worked example

A one-cell cage clued 3 simply holds a 3.

Related techniques

Cage Remainder · Cage Combination · Rule of 45