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Surviving Sudoku

staggernation — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:53:34 -0800

Surviving Sudoku. Matt Gaffney, a crossword puzzle designer, examines the crossword community's ambivalent relationship with the phenomenally successful number puzzle. Meanwhile, it's high time to resurrect Done in Pen: The Poems of New York Times Puzzle Editor Will Shortz.

数独 Friday

sellout — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:57:58 -0800

It's Friday, waste some time: Iron Sudoku, a daily sudoku challenge from the makers of Babble. (Free) registration required.

Would. You. Like. To. Play. A. Game?

Rothko — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:59:49 -0800

For those who tire of the usual paper and pencil-based puzzle, try Websudoku.

The puzzle that ate the world?!

insomnia_lj — Tue, 10 May 2005 19:11:14 -0800

The puzzle that ate the world?! It's called Su Doku. It came from Japan. It's deceptively simple, but a brief tutorial reveals hidden depths. It's spreading like gangbusters through the puzzle-obsessed British public, where it is making major news and being rapidly added to the country's newspapers. Fortunately, archived puzzles and free software are out there to provide puzzle addicts their latest fix. C'mon... give it a try. It's only *one* little puzzle. (Heh, heh.)

Crosswords with numbers

salmacis — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 05:18:34 -0800

Su Doku. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That's all there is to it. It doesn't sound like much, but it's as addictive as hell. The Times is one publication with a daily puzzle (may be unavailable to overseas readers.) There a tuturial and sample puzzle here (flash).