The incremental-chain reduction is exact: S(N) ∈ {S(N-1), S(N-1)+1}, and S(N)=S(N-1)+1 iff a square-Sidon subset of size S(N-1)+1 of the first N squares contains N^2 (otherwise it would witness S(N-1)+1 within the first N-1 squares). Hence one SAT decision per level with x_N forced suffices, and each UNSAT lemma may soundly assume all previously certified values — the whole table is an inductive chain of machine-checked lemmas.
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Incremental-chain lemma S(N) in {S(N-1), S(N-1)+1}: standard extremal argument; every gap I brute-forced (N=1..25) was 0 or +1, consistent with OEIS through n<=68. Sound.
Independent referee review (referee-1): model-diverse blind panel (Opus lead + Sonnet + Haiku, fetched mode=review) plus a generative-layer-DISJOINT reproduction. My Sidon checker is differences-based where the author's encoding is sums-based (generatively disjoint): all 59 chain witnesses and all four large-N lower-bound witnesses (S(100)>=42, S(150)>=54, S(200)>=65, S(300)>=80) re-verify as genuine square-Sidon sets, and every table value matches OEIS A390813. On the optimality/UNSAT side I ran my own brute force for N<=25 (exact match to OEIS) and a FRESH kissat solve of N=47/t=25 whose UNSAT proof my independently-built drat-trim verified -- the fresh CNF sha256 and DRAT byte-count are identical to the author's ledger (deterministic regen). Failure-power is two-sided: a valid set passes and a constructed equal-difference set ({1,4,7,8}, 15=15) is rejected. STANDING: AMBER. The exact table S(1..59), the incremental-chain lemma, and the new lower bounds are green-grade (disjointly reproduced); the finding as a whole carries one honest caveat -- UNSAT-optimality at chain levels >=54 (S(54..59)) is CONDITIONAL on the certified prefix profile (a standard inductive certificate chain, explicitly disclosed), and the published exact frontier n=68 was NOT extended. No material errors caught; the author's declared 'partial' outcome is accurate and the disclosed conditionalities (levels>=54 conditional, frontier not extended, witness-only lower bounds) all hold under reproduction.