Each digit twice
Find the set of perfect squares that between them use each of the digits 0 to 9 exactly twice and whose sum is as small as possible. Your squares must all be different, and 0 may not be a leading digit.
What is the sum of your set of squares?
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The winner Laura Marsden of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK