Word: sudoku
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Just read the description: Sudoku - combinatorial number-placement puzzle in which the objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid (also called “boxes,” “blocks,” “regions,” or “sub-squares”) contains all of the digits from 1 to 9. Need I say more...
After the competition, Will Shortz—the New York Times crossword puzzle editor and the man who introduced Sudoku to America—gave a short talk about his favorite crossword puzzle experiences. Flyby slowly realized, as the audience responded to Shortz with roars of laughter and knowing shouts of approval, that we were in the presence of a cruciverbalist...
...said that a good crossword solver had to have a “natural bent” towards puzzles, and that “good crossword puzzlers know a little bit about everything.” Regarding Sudoku and kenken, Shortz’s newest obsession, he said, “I love the simplicity of the instructions and the great depth of techniques to solve them. Each still has a mystery to it and that’s nice...
After weeks of playing sudoku with match schedules and wrangling with the Indian government over scheduling clashes with the upcoming general election, the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Sunday it would hold its billion dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) outside India. The decision marks an unexpected climax to a weeks-long dispute between the BCCI and the Indian Home Ministry. Dates for the IPL, which features the best players from around the world, had long been set for April and May, the only time available for a 45-day tournament during the 2009 cricket calendar...