This Deficit Sudoku puzzle also uses the 2×3 box format, but arrayed in a 7×7 grid. So you have more solving information than expected, but it’s spread out across two grids. In this puzzle, you have two grids to complete, but with the additional wrinkle that no number placed in the left 6×6 grid will occupy the same square in the right 6×6 grid. In addition to some Classic Sudoku, Extreme Sudoku, Sum-Doku (or Killer Sudoku), Jigsaw Sudoku (or Geometric Sudoku), and Thermo Sudoku - all of which I explored in detail in my Wide World of Sudoku post - there are some variants I’ve never seen before, like this Linked 6×6 Sudoku. Let’s take a look at some of the diabolical puzzles they’ve cooked up for this year’s event! The event spans June 10 through June 13, and chairman Alan O’Donnell of the UK Puzzle Association sent out the Instruction Booklet for this year’s event a few days ago, which kicks off a string of major puzzle events in Europe and across the world, including the UK Puzzle Championship in a few weeks.Īlthough the UK Sudoku Championship is only open to competitors from the UK - with the top two earning a place on the UK team for the 2016 World Sudoku Championship - international players are welcome to test their puzzly mettle as guest solvers.īut even if most PuzzleNationers aren’t eligible to compete, you can still enjoy the challenge of some topnotch Sudoku puzzles. Hot on the heels of The Indie 500 crossword tournament last weekend, the UK is also gearing up for a major puzzle event: The UK Sudoku Championship! You can also share your pictures with us on Instagram, friend us on Facebook, check us out on Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr, and explore the always-expanding library of PuzzleNation apps and games on our website! Thanks for visiting PuzzleNation Blog today! Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to-date on everything PuzzleNation! Apparently, it has been, since Ripley’s has yet to mention them a second time. That’s nice.Īnd here’s hoping their Sudoku solving has been smooth sailing ever since. I’m just saying.Īs it turns out, the inmates had made a few key mistakes, mostly in the middle section, and since they apparently solve in ink, it made things much harder.īut, in a lovely response, the staff at The Exeter Express and Echo promised to make Monday papers available to the inmates as well, so they can double-check their answers next time. I don’t mean to impugn the Sudoku skills of the Exeter Jail population. I suspect, given time, you would complete it as well. But I did complete this puzzle, difficult as it was. In all honesty, I’m not the strongest or the fastest Sudoku solver. Here, I’ll post it here, in case you want to try your hand at it yourself: So, naturally, I had to see whether this Sudoku puzzle was as unsolvable as the inmates claimed.įinding a copy of the puzzle wasn’t hard. Yes, The Exeter Express and Echo is printed twice a week, and since the answers to Thursday’s puzzles appear on Monday, and the inmates don’t have access to Monday’s issues, they were unable to check their own work. Here is the message the prisoners sent to the editor of The Exeter Express and Echo:ĭear Sir/Madam, I am sadly writing this letter in A LOT of disappointment.Īs you will see, I’ve enclosed last week’s Sudoko page and we (along with 84 other prisoners) believe you printed a ‘hard’ Sudoku which is IMPOSSIBLE to complete.Īs being prisoners we are only aloud access to Thursday’s issue, so we couldn’t verify the truth. Everything from world records and peculiar habits to once-in-a-lifetime events and mind-bending coincidences are found between the covers of these collections.Įighty-six prisoners at Exeter Jail in Devon, England, signed a formal letter of complaint claiming that a Sudoku puzzle in the local newspaper - the Exeter Express and Echo - on May 21, 2015, was impossible to solve. I was reading one of the most recent editions of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, those delightful compendiums of all things amazing, weird, and unlikely. Subscribe now for unlimited access.Even when I’m not thinking about puzzles or intending to learn about puzzles, puzzles find me. We strive to offer puzzles for all skill levels that everyone can enjoy playing every day. In early 2022, we proudly added Wordle to our collection. In 2014, we introduced The Mini Crossword - followed by Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, Tiles and Vertex. Since the launch of The Crossword in 1942, The Times has captivated solvers by providing engaging word and logic games.
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