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Kakuro is similar to both sudoku and traditional crossword games.
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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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Hard Kakuro for 22/June/2013


   
  
 27 
  
  
 27 
  
 28 
  
 
  12
 5 
          
  4
  
    
  9
 19 
      
  15
  
          
  
 14 
 
  23
  
          
 
  17
  
    
  17
  
    
 
  30
  
          
Choose a number, and place it in the grid above.
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Talk about anything and everything, but nice to each other - you don't have to agree, but this is not the place for personal attacks. As Sir Paul McCartney said: 'I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird' (longer explanation). Enjoy!
Chris  From Fleurance
orphans not needed
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Paul  From The oldest town in Northants.
You are cleverer than me Chris.
I used orphans and still needed a guess.
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Joe  From NY
Well done Chris. I had to resort to orphans. Couldn't see the opening move.
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Chris  From Fleurance
Joe, Paul
27D=6849
quickly solves another five cells (9 in total)
23A=43925 (note 3's cross)
the 5 in 15A has to be in 28D
everything falls out

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Chris  From Fleurance
actually, there's a mistake. I just realised 27D=6759 as well, will try and solve from the resulting less start information ....
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Chris  From Fleurance
hmm, can't remember now whether I made the same mistake first time round .... sorry chaps for misleading
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big John  From Chicagoland
would someone please explain why the easy june 21, 07 is easy?!?
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steve  From los angeles
Needed orphans, possibilities and 2 easy mental chains
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Paul  From Canada
Couldn't get past 4 numbers without orphans. Used possibilities and a mental chain.
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Paul  From Canada
big John I added a couple of comments to June 21 07 easy. It was a tougher than normal easy.
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big John  From Chicagoland
use orphans;
deduce that 4 & 5 cannot both go in 15A nor in 23A
where they intersect with 27D & 28D
I=2, otherwise 23A would contain 4 & 5
then a mental chain [places the 5 in 28D
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Jackie  From Lomita
I 'knew' what the solution would be at first glance. Didn't use orphans, but did use possibilities and my guess was correct.
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big John  From Chicagoland
you're psychic, Jackie! (or else a genius / computer)
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big John  From Chicagoland
which 4, Paul - I only got 2!
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big John  From Chicagoland
(I rejected Chris' original idea for the middle 2 of 27D)
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me  From here
steve +1. horrible puzzle.
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Werner  From mexico
what's a '3's cross'? (or any other cross...)
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willo  From ny
11:18
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Mike  From LA
Orphans and a little chain. Don't see a solution without orphans.
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Angelo  From England
With orphans. Cool puzzle.
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Chris  From Fleurance
well, the nearest I can get to logic without orphans is:

first solve 5D=32, 4A=31 and 27D=6xx9

M (last cell in 15A) is either 13 or 45
if M=13 then 23A would be the 219,56,56 solution and 12A fails on the 3's. M=45

Now, N=456 which forces Q=123, so 28D=123589.

23A=23459 and it falls out.


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Paul  From Canada
big John, I tried to recreate what I did and got stuck at 2. Maybe I was mistaken.
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LuCa  From Lisbon
Needs orphans
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Shabbir  From Dubai
steve +1
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Anna  From QLD, Australia
3:07
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Jimmy  From Scotland
Unsatisfactory, orphans and a 50/50 guess, 2019
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