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Puzzles for Fair Winds Press

These ten puzzles (and two others from our Puzzle Pack) appear in the book The Addict's Guide to Sudoku, by Fiorella Grossi, published by Fair Winds Press, November 2007.


Classic Sudoku

The numbers 1--9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, and block.


Classic Sudoku

The numbers 1--9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, and block.


Classic Sudoku

The numbers 1--9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, and block.


Sudoku X

The numbers 1--9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, block, and main diagonal.


Jigsaw

The numbers 1--9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, and jigsaw region.


Even/Odd Sudoku

The numbers 1--9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, and block In addition, green cells can only contain odd numbers, and blue cells can only contain even numbers.


Greater Than Sudoku

Each of the numbers 1-9 must each appear exactly once in each row, column, and block. In addition, adjacent cells must obey any 'greater than' (>) or 'less than' (<) symbol that appears on their dividing line. Note that this puzzle has no starting clues given; the greater than symbols are enough to determine a unique solution without any initial conditions at all! As an aid in solving, some cells have been shaded. Cells with a lower value than all their neighbors are blue; cells with a higher value than all their neighbors are red.


Clock Sudoku

The numbers 1--12 must each appear exactly once in each ring, each pair of adjacent same-colored wedges, and each pair of opposite wedges.