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How to play Kakuro
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'.
Like a Sudoku
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 23/January/2012


   
  
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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!
easy ish
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Yep
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Had to use orphans and a chain
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Chris +1
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easy no orphans
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used orphans and a guess
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must be easy. i'm fairly new to kakuro and it still takes me a while, yet i finished this one in 36 minutes (that's pretty good for me). no orphans or chains (because I don't know what they are) or guesses.
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16:16 with 1 failed chain in 11D
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Rachel, if you go into the archives and play past (hard) puzzles, you should be able to find several good explanations (though there may not be total agreement on exactly what a chain is)
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No orphans but not that easy for me. Good puzzle.
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9:40 used orphans.
Rachel, I'm also fairly new to kakuro. I'll explain orphans completely (the Why in addition to the How) and also tell you the easy clues I've learned to use:

If you think about a completed puzzle with all the numbers filled in, you could add up all those numbers More...
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6:24 not including orphan time (about 1:40)
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Thanks for all the tips! I'm sure they will come in handy. I've already been using absolute sets; that certainly quickens elimination. But I hope orphans will also speed up my time. Thanks again!
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struggled, but not sure why
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Used orphans but no guessing necessary.
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Straightforward with orphans, 2019
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4:30
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