New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 8/31/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word DANGEROUS.

DANGEROUS
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram OH KEPT GRAINY.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/30/2009

Today’s 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the letters in the anagram OH KEPT GRAINY.

OH KEPT GRAINY
Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008, 2009, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. You have my permission to print single copies for your individual solving pleasure, but you may not collect or further distribute these puzzles in any way without my explicit written permission. Please contact me through this blog's comment feature. And 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. This one shows Tom is probably dehydrated.

The Sunday Challenge, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, in just a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 8/29/2009

" Boy, will I give YOU a haircut!" said Tom barbarously.

A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun that simultaneously describes a speaker and refers to 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 hardly ever said "said" and rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style.

NOTICE
Swifty Sudoku: 6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the words exactly once

DURHAM
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

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the words AIR POCKET.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/28/2009

Today’s 9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words AIR POCKET.

AIR POCKET
9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word MACINTOSH.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 8/27/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word MACINTOSH.

MACINTOSH
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word OBJECTIFY.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 8/26/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word OBJECTIFY.

OBJECTIFY
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word LUNKHEADS.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 8/25/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word LUNKHEADS.

LUNKHEADS
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word BAROQUELY.


A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 8/24/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word BAROQUELY.

BAROQUELY
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram NOTIFY SCHLEP.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 8/23/2009

Today’s 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the letters in the anagram NOTIFY SCHLEP.

NOTIFY SCHLEP
Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008, 2009, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. You have my permission to print single copies for your individual solving pleasure, but you may not collect or further distribute these puzzles in any way without my explicit written permission. Please contact me through this blog's comment feature. And 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. This one shows Tom needs to watch those potholes more closely.

The Sunday Challenge, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, in just a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 8/22/2009

I’d like to make a toast," Tom said warmly.

A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun that simultaneously describes a speaker and refers to 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 hardly ever said "said" and rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style.

URBANITY
Swifty Sudoku: 8x8 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x4 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the words exactly once

HAVE FLOW
8x8 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x4 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 Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out another quote from Don Hewitt, legendary TV News pioneer who died this week at the age of 86.

In his 2001 memoir Hewitt mentions that when he launched "60 Minutes" in 1968, then-CBS News exec Bill Leonard told Hewitt: "Make us proud."

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to 8/21/2009 State Sudoku

Yesterday’s State Sudoku puzzle asked you to name the state and its nickname, given a 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle and this clue:

This state entered the union on August 21, 1959, the 50th state.

The answers: Hawaii: The Aloha State

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word GERUNDIAL.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/21/2009

Make us proud.”

Yesterday I wrote about the passing of a second legendary TV news figure in just a month: Don Hewitt died at the age of 86. I told you several of the ‘firsts’ that made him a legend, a man historians and those in the TV news business will remember for a long time: he directed the first network TV newscast; he was the first to use cue cards for news anchors; he created the lower-third supers for news; he created the best TV News magazine show in history, “60 Minutes.”

I saved one more ‘first’ for today, because it’s such a great story. Don Hewitt also produced the first televised presidential debate, in 1960.

If you’re old enough to remember the debate, you remember that John F. Kennedy looked fit and tan; Richard Nixon looked pasty white, perhaps even ill. Or if you're not that old, perhaps you learned from your American History classes that Nixon refused to put on any facial makeup before the debate which, TV being what it is, help him lose.

Don Hewitt tells us the rest of the story. After all, he was there: He was producing it!

The story goes: Hewitt first asked JFK if he wanted makeup; Kennedy, tan from sailing, didn’t need it and said no. And when Hewitt then turned to Nixon and asked him, Nixon also said no, apparently because Kennedy did! But Mr. Nixon was anything but tan…and so went the debate, Kennedy looking enthusiastic, alive; Nixon looking glum, dour, dull. The debate turned on appearance. Nixon lost.

What might have happened if Hewitt had asked Nixon first?

Hewitt was often quoted as saying the accepted wisdom for television news writers before "60 Minutes" was to put words to pictures. He stated that was backward.

Hewitt recalled in his 2001 memoir that when "60 Minutes" began in September of 1968, CBS news boss Bill Leonard told him, "make us proud."

"Which may well be the last time anyone ever said ‘make us proud' to anyone else in television," Hewitt wrote.

Today’s extra Qudoku puzzle set finishes Hewitt’s thought about “making us proud.”

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

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

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

UMP VOW
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 quote

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Celebrating United States History: State Sudoku

This state entered the union on August 21, 1959, the 50th state.

WITH A SOLE
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 3x3 square and the set of circled cells contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once; copy the numbered letters into the corresponding cells of the quote grid to unveil the state nickname (on the first line) and the state name (on the last).

Solutions tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 8/21/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word GERUNDIAL.

GERUNDIAL
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Thursday’s Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out a quote from Don Hewitt, legendary TV News pioneer who died this week at the age of 86. The quote begins, "The formula is simple..."

I’ll provide you yet another extra set of Word Sudoku puzzles today as well, quoting Mr. Hewitt one more time.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Hidden Sudoku puzzle was based on the anagram SKY CAM LIE.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 8/20/2009

The formula is simple…”

Another legendary figure in American journalism has passed on. Don Hewitt died yesterday. He was 86.

You didn’t see Hewitt on air. But for the past 50 years you’ve felt his presence in ways big and small—and you still will for many years to come. Hewitt directed the first network TV newscast, back in 1948. He originated the use of cue cards for news anchors (now done electronically using small cameras and mirrors!). He was the first to superimpose words on the TV screen for a news show, providing emphasis or names and titles of people being interviewed. Today those lower-third-screen text lines are collectively called a ‘super.’

But Don Hewitt is most well known for a TV News show he created, led for almost four decades, and which is still on the air and quite popular today. When I think of Hewitt, I think of a clock ticking: He created “60 Minutes.”

In the late 1960’s Hewitt pitched CBS a very novel idea for that time: He wanted to start a news show—literally a TV News magazine show modeled after LIFE Magazine—that would mix hard news and feature stories. Where stories exposing corruption and wrong-doing would play right next to celebrity interviews. Who woulda thought THAT would work? Today those production techniques are a staple in every TV newscast in America. In September, 1968, the network was taking a huge risk.

Hewitt and a cadre of the best reporters in the business produced the best TV news show in the world for many, many years. “60 Minutes” won nine Peabody awards, more than a dozen DuPont/Columbia University awards and more than six dozen Emmy awards while Hewitt ran it.

After Walter Cronkite died last month, Hewitt said, "How many news organizations get the chance to bask in the sunshine of a half-century of Edward R. Murrow followed by a half-century of Walter Cronkite?"

To which we can now add: “and a half-century of Don Hewitt.”

What was Hewitt’s secret? I began the quote from Hewitt’s 2001 memoir at the top of this blog entry. The Qudoku puzzle set below completes it.

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

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

SAW KIT
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 quote

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave