Kakuro (Gapped) by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: C (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)
Author/Opus: This is the 89th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Kakuro Rules. Also, some cells may remain empty but empty cells cannot share an edge with other empty cells.
Answer String: Enter the values in each white cell in the marked rows from left to right, separating the rows with a comma. Enter a capital X for any blank white cells, and ignore all black cells.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 7:00, Master = 9:30, Expert = 19:00
Solution: PDF
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The narrow solving path reminded me a lot of the also enjoyable ‘clock face’ Sunday Surprise from June. Thanks for both, Prasanna!
Serkan made the earlier clock face puzzle, but I agree with the comments here that both of these Gapped Kakuro were very fun.
Ug! Apologies to Serkan. Thanks Thomas for the correction..
I think this might be the first time I’ve finished one of these. It’s a pretty great puzzle.