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KAKURO
How to Play Kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: “How do you play Kakuro?”, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once. Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run. Note the second cell in row two - it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
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QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 ___ vu 5 Canter, for one 9 Ballesteros, with driver 13 Met highlight 14 Like '70s fashions, now 15 Quartet with one out sick? 16 He robs travelers 18 Genesis forecast 19 Slackens 20 Lex Luthor, to Superman 22 Ripening agent 24 Female rabbit 25 Places to get screwdrivers 28 "Norma ___" (Sally Field film) 30 ___ Sketch (classic drawing toy) 34 Edible submarines 36 ___ Schwarz (toy store) 38 Ethan or Joel, "Fargo" makers 39 Neither right-wing nor left-wing 42 S-shaped molding 43 Start of a Musketeer credo 44 Album cover 45 Address south of the border 47 "___ Rosenkavalier" (Strauss opera) 49 "Not ___ eye in the house" 50 ___ Plaines, Ill. 52 Stitched 54 Psychologist's prescription, perhaps 58 Atlantic swimmer 63 Indonesian island 64 Romantic parking place 66 Serb or Croat 67 Respond to the rooster 68 Ostrichlike birds 69 Brazil-born soccer legend 70 Duo in a score 71 Recedes to the sea DOWN 1 "James and the Giant Peach" author
2 One of the Great Lakes 3 Lively dances 4 Sounds coming from a doctor's office 5 Old Faithful, for one 6 24 hr. banker 7 Tehran locale 8 Got in shape (with "up") 9 Part of a rapper's reputation 10 Epochs 11 Eight, in old Rome 12 Eternities 14 Pealed 17 Sneaky one 21 A real stooge 23 Sweepstakes 25 Yellowish brown shade 26 Elizabeth of cosmetics fame 27 Where rich cowboys shop? 29 Take in nourishment 31 Dove or pigeon, or
times 32 Difficult to lift 33 Shorthand for a burglary: B ___ 34 Med. insurance groups 35 "Under the ___" ("The Little Mermaid" song) 37 Sounds of understanding 40 Ancient 41 African antelopes 46 Stephen of "The Crying Game" 48 Playtime at school 51 Bug-hittingthe-windshield sound 53 Donned 54 Cookbook abbr. 55 Fit as a fid-
SUDOKU
dle 56 Israeli airline 57 Yesteryear 59 Beat a hasty retreat 60 Foot in a poem 61 Deliberate slight 62 Myra the pianist 65 Diesel of Hollywood PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
THOUGHT OF THE DAY The world is indeed a mixture of truth and makebelieve. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. – Ramakrishna Paramahamsa