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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 18/February/2013


       
  
 10 
  
 15 
 
 
  
 24 
  
 16 
  6
  
     
  12
  
   
  5
 11 
   
  
 13 
  23
  
           
  27
  
           
 
  9
  
   
  3
  
   
  16
  
           
Choose a number, and place it in the grid above.
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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7:49
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can't find a non-chain solution. bad day, or missing something?
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Chris+1
Willo doesn't say much on how he completed the puzzle.just 7:49
If you completed it with or without orphans and a chain or without
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where is that picture from? I think it is very beautiful!
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Good puzzle. Just a couple small mental chains.
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Easy with orphans.
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In response to John:

1) Start with orphans.

2) Note that K/Q and Q/R are both 3/4.

3) Case I: 5 in L. This lets us fill in all of 24 down. This forces an 8 or a 9 in S, neither of which allows us to make the 27 given the 3/4 in Q/R. So 5 must be in R, giving 3/4 in K/Q More...
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I used everything - orphans & chains - but I finally gt it.
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willo - neat solution, although I would class your (3) as a chain, no? I guess I am a bit pedantic about chains.
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Willo: I aggree with K Q and Q R are 3 and 4 but after that the 5 in l is a guess.That is what I did but I still call it a guess or a chain
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No orphans, takes a bit of pondering. Good puzzle.
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With orphans and no chains
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John + 1. Trial and error on placement of 5 in 15D for me. Didn't really enjoy it.
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spoiler alert

not remembering that it was part of the solution, I tried 234567 in 27A (with orphans) & it took me 3:05 to finish
now, that's what you call a chain!
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John+1
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Dave +1. No orphans or chains but a lot of thought. The key for me was 16A. Given the restrictions on 16D and 11D, only certain combinations are possible.
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15:44 !
4:45 on the redo using my own hint
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Coming back to this years later, I see that my writeup is not quite right. My step 2) should be 'Note that K/Q is 3/4'. We don't, at this point, know that Q/R is 3/4. The next step (Case I) assumes 5 in L, which does force Q/R=3/4, and the rest proceeds as I had it.
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6:38
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Orphans and not willing to guess (chain), 2019
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