New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 4/13/2010

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

SILVERADO
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 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram OR, I BLANCH.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 4/12/2010

Today’s 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle is based on letters in the anagram OR, I BLANCH.

OR, I BLANCH
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square 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

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram UGLY FAVOR BIN.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 4/11/2010

Today’s 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the letters in the anagram UGLY FAVOR BIN.

UGLY FAVOR BIN
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, 2010, 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 finds Tom being a bit of a pig.

The Sunday Challenge in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 4/10/2010

It fell apart in my hands," Tom rejoined.

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.

HUMPBACKS
Swifty Sudoku: 9x9 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 3x3 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the words exactly once

I LET ON
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 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the phrase Z PARTICLE.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 4/9/2010

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the phrase Z PARTICLE.

Z PARTICLE
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 Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

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

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 4/8/2010

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

UNTYPICAL
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 words FIELD RANK.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday 4/7/2010

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words FIELD RANK.

FIELD RANK
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 Puzzles

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the words WELSH PONY.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 4/6/2010

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words WELSH PONY.

WELSH PONY
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 Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

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

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 4/5/2010

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

REVALUING
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 Sunday’s Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set commemorated National Poetry Month.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Qudoku!) Puzzle for Sunday, 4/4/2010

A poem should not mean but be."

www.poets.org offers daily poems, just like this blog offers daily puzzles…go visit!

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is held every April to celebrate poetry and its place in our culture and to introduce more of us to the pleasures of reading poetry.

Today’s Qudoku puzzle set shares a poem about poetry: Archibald MacLeish's "Ars Poetica". The poets.org Web site explains that MacLeish’s work was written in part as a response to the highly rhetorical nature of English poetry at the start of the 20th century; the explanation concludes with the quote highlighted at the beginning of today’s blog entry.

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

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

FRIGHT
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

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 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 an audiophile.

The monthly commemoration in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 4/3/2010

It fell apart in my hands," Tom rejoined.

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.

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

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

THY POX
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 word COUNTRIES.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 4/2/2010

Today’s 9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word COUNTRIES.

COUNTRIES
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 Yesterday's Extra (Hidden!) Word Sudoku Puzzles

Each pair of yesterday’s Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles was based on the same anagram (GROW NAIVE and IT’S CARPEL, respectively), but each separate puzzle still spelled out a unique 9-letter word.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word ROGUISHLY.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Extra (Hidden!) Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 4/1/2010

Once a month all year long I’m providing you a sequence of Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles at you that may appear all the same! As I’m sure you’ve figured out by now: They’re not.

Each pair of today’s four 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles is based on the same anagram.

GROW NAIVE
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

GROW NAIVE
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

IT’S CARPEL
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

IT’S CARPEL
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solutions tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 4/1/2010

Today’s 9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word ROGUISHLY.

ROGUISHLY
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 Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

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

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave