New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 10/9/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 10/9/2008

We’re nearing the end of our discussion of oxymoronic Word Sudoku puzzles, what I call “Qudoku” puzzles. Yesterday I presented oxymorons you ‘discovered’ by solving 14x14 Word Sudoku puzzles. Today we’ll use 15x15 Word Sudoku puzzles to supply the necessary letters. That means 3x5 internal rectangles.

The only thing harder than these is the size 16x16 grid puzzle, which I’ve mentioned many times I find all but impossible to finish. If you’ve gotten pretty good at the Sunday Challenge (12x12 grid, with 3x4 internal rectangles), then you can take on the 15x15 grids with 3x5 rectangles using the same cross-hatching skills. But if the 12x12’s throw you, then 15x15’s will seem impossible!

CAMP VENTRILOQUY
15x15 Qudoku Word Puzzle
Each row, column, 3x5 rectangle and group of circled squares contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy letters in circled cells to the matching numbered cell in the quote

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FLAK BY OPEN SIGHT
15x15 Qudoku Word Puzzle
Each row, column, 3x5 rectangle and group of circled squares contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy letters in circled cells to the matching numbered cell in the quote

Solutions first thing in the morning. We’ll conclude our tour through different sized Oxymoronic Qudoku puzzles tomorrow, using a 16x16 grid, and also comparing one 16x16-sized puzzle to two 9x9’s by adding or repeating a few letters—it means more puzzles, but each is smaller and easier. Divide and conquer is a main problem-solving strategy!

Thanks,
--Dave