Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Sunday, 5/25/2008

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Sunday, 5/25/2008

Every day I include a "classic" Word Sudoku puzzle, an otherwise normal 9x9 puzzle, except that it uses the letters in a 9-letter word rather than the digits 1-9. Here's today's classic puzzle:

5/25/2008 Word Sudoku Puzzle: OBSERVANT
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

And on some days (really, as I feel like it!), I include more Word Sudoku puzzles, often of varying sizes, for the fun of it!

Today's Sunday, and many newspapers provide us puzzlers a larger, more difficult challenge on this day, in both the crossword (instead of the weekday-sized 15x15, Sunday's crosswords are 21x21 or even 23x23) and the Sudoku (The Oregonian, my hometown paper, includes a 16x16 "Monster Sudoku." And it is!). So I think you'll like the "Sunday Challenge" I'm giving you today.

12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Sunday Challenge: LAZIEST PUNCH
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contain the letters in the anagram of the word or phrase exactly once; the hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Please let me know what you think of these puzzles. I do this for a hobby, with the hope of eventually publishing a collection. I'd love your feedback.

Thanks!
--Dave