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[Puppy Lips]

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@CherryHugs wrote:

Tried once and never could figure out how to do that lol

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@CherryHugs Anyone who wants to do it for the first time should start with one that is rated as "easy," to get the hang of it.  They are not hard, until you get to the "hard" ones, which require more layers of reasoning.  It is a lot of repetitive looking and thinking, getting one number, then starting over to get another number, and so on.

[KaySD]

Hmm. I do them irregularly. The problem I have is that if the ones I can do, I get bored because they are too easy, but if they are a only a little harder, I can never do them, so I get bored never finishing. I know, that sounds perfectly ridiculous even to me, but there it is! 

[Cakers3]

The new book I have has puzzles in the back that are "super challenges".  Each diagonal has number 1-16.  No number can appear more than once in any row or column, in either diagonal. or within any small 16 box square.

Yeah, my eyes glazed over, too.  LOL

Here is an example of what it looks like:

[Kalli]

@Cakers3 , no thanks!  Too chicken to even try! 

[Free2be]

I've enjoyed sudoku puzzles and am a puzzle addict, more given to words and picture games.  

That one you posted, Cakers, makes my head hurt.  

My eldest son loves number puzzles and I've tried to do some difficult ones that he likes but I just get irritated after I bomb too many times.

For awhile I was addicted to story puzzles "Mysteries of the _____" where you search for clues in scene after scene.  I still like them, just got out of the habit.

[LoganPup]

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@Latonya wrote:

I only do them when I am captive on an airplane.  I date them and log where I'm flying to.  It helps pass the time.  I don't do them any other time.  I save them for the plane and it gives me something to look forward to.  I've been working on the same sudoku puzzle book for 5 years.  

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@Latonya 

So funny I thought I was the only one who did this.

I have a book of crossword puzzles that helps pass the time

in flight.

I also date it and mark the trip destination.  It has come in handy a few

times when I forget when and where we took a trip.  It lives in my

nightstand draw and only comes out to go into my carry on.

I should mention the first entry goes back to 2011.  

I think I need to switch to Sudoku.

[Latonya]

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@LoganPup wrote:

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@Latonya wrote:

I only do them when I am captive on an airplane.  I date them and log where I'm flying to.  It helps pass the time.  I don't do them any other time.  I save them for the plane and it gives me something to look forward to.  I've been working on the same sudoku puzzle book for 5 years.  

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@Latonya 

So funny I thought I was the only one who did this.

I have a book of crossword puzzles that helps pass the time

in flight.

I also date it and mark the trip destination.  It has come in handy a few

times when I forget when and where we took a trip.  It lives in my

nightstand draw and only comes out to go into my carry on.

I should mention the first entry goes back to 2011.  

I think I need to switch to Sudoku.

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@LoganPup I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this!  I'm thinking mine goes back a lot earlier than 5 years.  Mine stays in my carry on!  They really help pass the time in flight. 

[grandma r]

@Kalli. I always do the puzzles in the daily paper, but, skipped the sudoku.   That is, until last March when quarantine started.  Now I love doing them!!!

Take your time and you'll be finishing levels 4 and 5 too.  Just my tip....I start right to left, then up and down, then look at each box individually.  If you get stuck, walk away for a bit and then come back to it.  Good luck!!

[Kalli]

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@grandma r wrote:

@Kalli. I always do the puzzles in the daily paper, but, skipped the sudoku.   That is, until last March when quarantine started.  Now I love doing them!!!

Take your time and you'll be finishing levels 4 and 5 too.  Just my tip....I start right to left, then up and down, then look at each box individually.  If you get stuck, walk away for a bit and then come back to it.  Good luck!!

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@grandma r Thanks for the pep talk!  You're right, sometimes it's best to take a break and then come back to it.  There are times I look and look and can't figure out the next step.  Then when I see that one thing I missed, I can't believe it was right there staring me in the face! 

[qvcaddition]

@sarahpanda 

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@sarahpanda wrote:

I do Sudoku puzzles most every day - in fact, one of my books is right beside my laptap, even as I type.  I mostly do them in the evening, during my 'winding down time'.

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I do them whatever chance I get.  Only up to medium cha!lenge.  Love doing, very relaxing.