Kakuro Puzzles

Seemed about as easy as yesterday's, but I did make use of the 'quad' orphans.

Nice Puzzle

3:22 didn't need orphans

3:03

Just as well we didn't need the orphans, as I don't know how to divide quad ones!

4:23

did it without orphans but could somebody please add a formula for quads?

my first hard puzzle here. done.)

2:42 - What's going on with this site? The easys and mediums have been cranked up, while the hards are becoming pushovers; it still needs more work, but the logic was more straight forward.

3:02

Easy. Didn't need orphans but would like to know how to do quads.

very easy, no need for orphans (quads are difficult though)

Easy w/o orphans. Quad orphans are not hard, just take a little more thought. You first figure out what adds with what. In today's puzzle, C & X are orphans because they have no vertical component, while H & S are orphans because they have no horizontal component. Therefore, C+X = H+S. As you get the values by logic, you substitute them into the equation until you simply for answers.

Mike from LA: Your equation doesn't add up. In today's puzzle, (H+S)+2 = C+X, which means that the difference between the horizontal orphan pair and the vertical orphan pair adds up to 2.

The help you get from quad orphans is that you can eliminate some of the possibilities in the slots based on the maximum and minimum possible ranges.

easy, no need for orphans

Quad orphans -- vertical C+X=11 and horizontal H+S=9 for a difference of 2. Now what? Sorry I'm so dense.

I know how to use two orphans but didn't need any today.

Marie & Carolyn - my explanation omitted a key step. As always with orphans, you sum the rows and columns and take the difference. Here, the rows total 97 and the columns 95, so the difference is 2 and the value of the rows is 2 greater than the columns. So, the equation is C+X=H+S+2, which More...

2:45

352

It was so easy like pie. 0:10

So who will bet 0:10

9:48!

4:31

Easy 2019

Straightforward, 2021.