Occasionally I read the Daily Telegraph - for the sport only I should hasten to add, not the journalism!
Well I picked up a copy today and thought I should make a rare visit here and mention that I came across a puzzle I've not seen before, it was called Sujiko.
Nothing exciting to report, it's just as far as I can tell a dumbed down kakuro on a 3x3 grid with the sum totals in the grid rather than around the edge and the numbers 1 - 9 appearing in it once. And basically that's it!
No idea if sujiko means anything but presumably it's someone coming up with another pseudo-Japanese word that sounds a bit like sudoku and fair enough too because "the next sudoku" has served a lot of puzzles well for their limited shelf life from what I've seen over the years (does anyone else remember hitori or the hundred other puzzles that were launched to great fanfare and have since disappeared).
Unfortunately I can't see this puzzle taking off at all: open up your list of kakuro sums on the page for 4-number-sums, enter them in the grid, then whittle down the combinations. I can't imagine there are that many possible grids either. And, err, that's it LOL!
Sandwich Sudoku Rules A lovely sudoku variant, sandwich sudoku gives you hints around the edge of the grid as to the location of the 1 and 9 in each row and column. This video explains the rules so you can have a go at this fun but tricky variant...
If you'd like to try this puzzle before watching the video then you can do so here: Sandwich Sudoku Puzzle
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