Last week I tackled kakuro, which I argued rarely have memorable themes or interesting solves to me. I still enjoy the type, but as a mental exercise to beat the clock more than anything else. Thinking I'd possibly been unfairly negative to the type, it turned out that the comments were more negative towards kakuro than even my pointed post ( Read more... )

As with last year’s entry, I’m doing this awards style and keeping the categories from last year. Commenters are welcome to recommend other “awards” for the best or worst in puzzles.
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While the conclusion of the Super Bowl may have been interesting, the game was spoiled for me by a wealth of seemingly poor coaching choices by both teams throughout the game, most clearly seen in clock management in the fourth quarter, but also in Arizona taking three quarters to realize a no-huddle attack-the-middle with the pass scheme would ( Read more... )

No, that's not a typo but a subtle title combining hashi with kakuro. These are truly "Bridgesums", a variation that followed from discussion in my last post ( Read more... )

Haven't posted in awhile. Not since the USPC. Here are some random thoughts ( Read more... )