If I do get frustrated and decide to guess, you can bet your life that I
find that I have the same number already in that line. At that point I
give up and decide to get on with my day. Any suggestions on how to
approach the difficult puzzles will be gratefully accepted and tried.
Janice
HI Janice all Sudoku fans,
The other puzzle is Kakuro
Enjoy,
Joan
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If I do get frustrated
I do try to use a pencil and write all the combination of numbers in the
corners, sometimes I live dangerously and use a pen if it is to hand. Too lazy
to hunt up the pencil.
My supermarket carried some books but I dedcided not to buy one as it takes
me too long to do the newspaper one
the hints and tips - certainly John
has found it quite useful!
Carol - in Suffolk UK
Subject: [lace-chat] Soduku
. Is there another way of looking at the puzzle to fill the blanks or do I
just have to guess? If I do get frustrated and decide to guess, you can bet
your life that I find that I have
Janice
Here's the puzzle to keep you occupied for days -
http://mmdownload.interoutemediaservices.com/{bc1915ab-648e-4fb8-94ef-12f9747146a7}/{bf3a3d24-d044-4785-8abd-38bb18442cea}/shogun4.pdf
or http://tinyurl.com/apfcy
Definitely tongue in cheek
Sue
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This is the site I used when learning how to solve the puzzles:
http://www.sudokuoftheday.com/pages/techniques-overview.php
It covers a lot of different techniques that you can use before
you have to rely on guessing.
Lisa Thompson
Plano, Texas USA
Janice Blair wrote:
After filling in the
I have an Excel file (not of my creation) that solves these miserable
puzzles gg. It is 768 KB or, if you can un-RAR it, 136KB.
If you want it, let me know (and whether to send the RAR version).
Susan Webster
Canton, Ohio
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I know we have a number of lacemakers who are into math so I thought I would
ask a question about Soduku. My daily paper has been running a series next to
the crossword and I have become addicted to solving it before I start my day.
My breakfast time is growing longer and longer as the
Some puzzles are better constructed than others and have a unique solution
(eg The Times ones). If the ones in your paper fall into this category, then
you can solve them by logic and elimination. Listing the choices for each
box helps, and then you can see where there is a square that only one
