Kakuro Puzzles

Again easy without orphans

Thought it needed a bit of work w/o orphans, so call it medium easy

7:10

I've noticed (or believe I've noticed) that when you're making 18 over five squares in these puzzles, it virtually never takes the form 1,2,4,5,6.

I wonder whether A) there is something about kakuros in general (or kakuros of about this size and shape) that makes this pattern extremely More...

willo, seems that the first conformation is usually the one (12348 for example). Possibly the software tries generating the puzzle conformations in simple order 12348 12357 12456?

with orphans and not so easy

no orphans, no need to fill in possibilities.

No orphans but work. I'm with Chris on this one. Dave, I'm amazed at how much you can keep in your head to avoid entering possibilities. I couldn't get there with this one. Great dog picture!

over 14!
10:08 2nd time thru

very easy, no orphans

No orphans but not easy for me.

No orphans agree with Dave

Dave +1

Pretty easy without possibilities again.

Here's a story for Paul. The local grocery store sells bulk foods. One day there were no pens with which to note the bin number on the tag, so I just cached the number in short-term memory, and told the check-out clerk what the number was.

She was amazed that anyone could remember a five-digit number for five minutes. I shrugged, 'Would you believe that I'm an engineer?'

2:21

Straightforward, 2019