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Test yourself against these superpuzzles from Japan: Solutions

19 December 2017

Thinking inside the box: the solutions

Well done – I hope you didn’t find the puzzles too hard! The key to solving the KenKen is to start by looking at cages with the biggest numbers, since the operation required must be multiplication. And remember, a number can be repeated in a cage if it appears in different rows and columns.

This article appeared in print under the headline “And More…”

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