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Kakuro is similar to both sudoku and traditional crossword games.
Like a Crossword
Similar to crosswords, Kakuro has clues both across and down. When you put numbers in the vacant squares, the sum must equal the given clues. This is why the game is sometimes called 'cross sums'.
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Just like a sudoku, you cannot have the same number in a row or column. If a row is broken into 2 areas by a clue, then you can have the same number occuring once in each of the separate areas.
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Hard Kakuro for 21/November/2015


 
  
 30 
  
 34 
        
  24
  
      
  
 24 
  
 31 
  
  16
  
    
  15
 20 
    
  
 10 
  31
  
            
  38
  
            
 
  13
  
    
  9
  
    
     
  18
  
      
Choose a number, and place it in the grid above.
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Don  From Dallas, TX
+o+p is difficult but doable. My most efficient approach so far is one chain, then proving what are the two highest 31A cells (regardless of a column intersecting with 31A).
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Chris  From Lectoure
stuck unless long chains
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Shabbir  From Dubai
+o+p+chain
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Don  From Dallas, TX
-o +chains is also difficult but doable.

Alternatively, I noticed there are at least 4 columns with a certain number and at least 4 rows with that same number. The questions are, what number is the 'optimal' number for the simplest approach?
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Joe  From NY
+everything and a restart
brutal
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Mike  From Los Angeles
-o +hunch. I looked at where the 5 could go in 38A, and there seemed to be only one likely spot. I tried it, and the puzzle solved easily. Tons of 97 combos.
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big John  From Chicagoland
yup, I blew 34 minutes on this one
Joe + 1
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Boka  From North America
Difficult - used possibilities and orphans and several chains.
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Don  From Dallas, TX
-o +2 chains involving 6 in 34D:
1. Solve 3 in 10D and 4 in 34D.
2. One medium chain for OA=68, another medium chain for ON=68.
3. Solve predominantly left side starting with 13A.
4. WZ can't contain 2, so rest is easy.
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Paul  From Canada
Gave up. Can't be bothered with chains.
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me  From here
I got the 3 and that's it. Just going to have to bask in the glory of solving the medium puzzle.
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Chris  From Lafayette, Louisiana
I cheated.
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Chris  From Lafayette, Louisiana
Very easy after I cheated too.
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Val  From Chiang Mai
Brutal!
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Don  From Dallas, TX
more details on my -o approach:
1. If T=4: 9x in KQHN or KQIO, 31D contains 25789, 31A=xx3x24 (no 8), 20D=389 (but can't solve 8's in two left columns). Bottom line, impossible to have adjacent 6789 quads.
2. If OA=68: HL=63, 13A=85, 15A=78 (but 31D can't contain 35689)
3. If ON=68: More...
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Anna  From QLD, Australia
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