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Will Shortz Presents Summertime Pocket Kakuro

 
 
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Will Shortz Presents Summertime Pocket Kakuro

For sudoku fans looking for a new puzzle to delight and challenge them, Will Shortz, the crossword editor of The New York Times and America's puzzlemaster, presents kakuro. If you've never tried these deceptively simple-looking puzzles, get set: Millions of puzzlers around the globe are already hooked! The object is quite simple: Place a single digit from 1 to 9 in each white square of a crossword-like grid. A clue number, shown in a shaded square, represents the sum of the digits to be placed in the white squares to the right of it (for an Across answer) or beneath it (for a Down answer). No digit is repeated within an answer. Like sudoku, kakuro is a crossword puzzle using numbers. The only skills needed to solve a kakuro puzzle are addition and subtraction (no other math), and a good sense of logic. So pick up your pencil and get ready to see if you can kakuro!

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Product Details:
Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Publication Date: May 30, 2006
Language: English
ISBN: 0312941846
Product Width: 105.0 centimeters
Product Height: 168.0 centimeters
Product Weight: 0.21 pounds
Package Length: 6.7 inches
Package Width: 4.1 inches
Package Height: 0.8 inches
Package Weight: 0.2 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 5 reviews
 
 

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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

4Good puzzles; however, book has some annoyances.  Jul 26, 2006
By J. Stoner "Plants and Books"
This collection of kakuro contains 150 puzzles ranging from difficulty levels "light and easy" to "beware! very challenging." I go through phases of doing tons of kakuro to doing none at all and this book definately has a lot to offer even the starting kakuro solver. There is a nice combinations table at the beginning of the book for those of us that like to have the possible combinations given instead of trying to figure them all out. The table provides all possible combinations for numbers and clues that have only one or two solutions (i.e. 11: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 12: 1, 2, 3, 6; 1, 2, 4, 5). The few other books I have encountered have only show the clues that have only one possible solution. That is one of the reasons I got this book.

I am annoyed with some aspects of this collection. Some of the puzzles have starting numbers already filled in the puzzle. I have no idea why this is; but I wish it was completely empty. I also don't like the fact that the clue number boxes are colored in. It makes it difficult to quickly read the number. Finally, the paper quality is not optimal and easily rips or tears with a sharp pencil. I have found that if you place scotch tape over the entire puzzle it makes it more sturdy and you can easily erase pencil from the tape. It also seems that there are more easier level puzzles and fewer of the harder difficulty levels, which may trouble some more advanced puzzlers. Of course, if you are starting out, this book contains 65 of the easiest difficulty levels.

Overall, this is a nice book if you can get over the small things mentioned (or if those things do not bother you). Good luck!

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

2Puzzles are too small  Feb 22, 2008
By GusEmery "keeping it simple"
I am an avid Kakuro fan and have purchased quite a few books. I was excited to see a book by Will Shortz because he has such a good name in the puzzle field. But I was very disappointed by this collection. The puzzels are simply too small. I enjoy a puzzle that is at least 10 x 10, I prefer even larger puzzle, ones that take up the full page. This book is filled with small puzzles, some are tough to complete but don't have the complexity of a larger puzzle.

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

1Bad Printing  Sep 06, 2009
By Michael Brady "ThreeTikis"
The clue numbers are printed in black with a gray background. In the copy I received, the gray backgound was printed so dark on many of the puzzles that the number could not be read and the puzzles are useless.


5Love Karuko  Nov 16, 2009
By J. Decoster
Quick puzzles to get you through a wait in a doctor's office or just about any wait

5More portable than other puzzle books  Feb 21, 2007
By Sissy "Bella"
The size is smaller and more convenient for travel than some of the other puzzle books, but is PACKED with hours and hours of fun. If you haven't discovered the number puzzle craze yet--- you can start here!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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