Thursday, August 31, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 8/31/2017

AUG + SIR FLED
10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x5 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + CLINK (CAULKING).

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 8/30/2017

AUG + CLINK
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + IN FRET (FEATURING).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 8/29/2017

AUG + IN FRET
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + L (GAUL) and the 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + LRV (VULGAR).


A new set of puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Monday, August 28, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 8/28/2017

AUG + L
4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x2 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells across the shaded row

AUG + LRV
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to the Sunday Punnish Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out a never die pun.



New puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge AEIOU 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle was based on the letters AUG + NIX POSTER (EXPURGATIONS).

New puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday, August 27, 2017

New Word Sudoku (Punnish Sudoku) Puzzles for Sunday, 8/27/2017

Old lumberjacks never die, they just split.

Like Saturday Swifties, Sunday puns want you to groan out loud. They…never die.

KITCHENS
8x8 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x4 rectangle and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

LABOR
5x5 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, enclosed shape and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the pun

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/27/2017

AUG + NIX POSTER
Sunday Challenge: AEIOU Sudoku: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2017, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

Solutions to the Saturday Swifty Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out an adverbial pun known as a Tom Swifty.




The Sunday Punnish Word Sudoku in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Saturday, August 26, 2017

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 8/26/2017

Parsley, sage, rosemary," said Tom timelessly.

A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun simultaneously describing the speaker and the speaker's statement. The name comes from the Tom Swift book series for young readers. The authors were roundly criticized for overusing adverbs and descriptive phrases, so that Tom rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. (The fact that they did this on purpose, to make the books laugh-out-loud funny to read, didn't blunt the criticism.) A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style—no longer related to Tom at all—that will make you groan out loud.

CRADLE
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

NOUGHT
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

SKIMPY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the Tom Swifty

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + EH (HAGUE) and the 7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + CORE (COURAGE).


The Saturday Swifty in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Friday, August 25, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 8/25/2017

AUG + EH
5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the shaded column

AUG + CORE
7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells across the shaded row

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + NIL COST (OSCULATING).

Another set of puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Thursday, August 24, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 8/24/2017

AUG + NIL COST
10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x5 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + LITER (LIGATURE).

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 8/23/2017

AUG + LITER
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + RODENT (GET AROUND).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 8/22/2017

AUG + RODENT
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to yesterday’s extra (eclipse) Word Sudoku puzzles

A narrow corridor in the southern hemisphere experienced a total solar eclipse Nov. 13, 2012, including the northern tip of Australia
credit: Romeo Durscher, from https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/total-solar-eclipse-southern-hemisphere


Yesterday’s two Qudoku puzzle sets spelled out the planets (Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter) and stars (Arcturus, Capella, Regulus, Rigel and Sirius) that could be seen during the total eclipse across the U.S. Regulus was probably the most obvious, just left of the sun during totality.








Visit https://www.space.com/36721-stars-planets-visible-during-solar-eclipse.html for Joe Rao’s excellent description of the hidden sights exposed during the total eclipse; and check out the stellar displays in Eddie Irizarry’s great article at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/august-21-2017-solar-eclipse-4-planets-bright-stars.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + Q (QUAG) and the 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters AUG + CHE (GAUCHE).


More puzzles in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Monday, August 21, 2017

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles (Eclipse!) for Monday, 8/21/2017

The central, dark image shows the total eclipse March 9, 2016, with the central pupil created by the Sun covered by a dark Moon. Faint structures in the Sun’s corona extend outwards from this disk with the corona imaged in white light. These structures were aligned with the false-colored observations of the Sun from NASA and ESA’s space-based, Sun-orbiting, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO. The disk is blocked artificially to see the extended corona.
Courtesy NASA, from https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/central-dark-image-shows-total-eclipse

Today’s the day! I can’t wait. Please be safe on the roads if you’re viewing the eclipse away from home; don’t try to head back home right after the eclipse. Emergency response professionals fear that hundreds of thousands of people are going to do that. If you do, you could be sitting for a very long time in a cosmic traffic jam.

Wear your eclipse glasses throughout the eclipse while the sun is still visible! The only time you can look straight at this spectacle is for the few moments of actual totality. The rest of the time, you must wear eye protection. Sunglasses and welder’s glass are not sufficient protection: Wear only certified eclipse glasses.

The past few days, I’ve presented you some extra Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles spelling out synonyms of ECLIPSE or words related to it. Today’s extra puzzles help you identify which planets and stars you’ll be able to see for about two minutes in the middle of the day, when the eclipse has reached totality.

SPACER
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

MUTINY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the planets you might see today


PARSEC
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

GUILTS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the stars you might see today


Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave