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The 30th World Puzzle Championship<\/a> had five “mini-playoffs” to determine the top solvers in five different genres. The puzzles were designed to be on the easier side, able to be solved in marker on an easel, and sometimes themed with “trophy” shapes or important championship numbers like 30 and 23. Today we’ll be releasing the Number Placement puzzles starting with this TomTom puzzle by Thomas Snyder.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"TomTom<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 458th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard TomTom<\/a> rules, using the integers 1-6.<\/p>\n

Estimated Difficulty:<\/b> 2-2.5 stars<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> for all Number Placement playoff puzzles.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for classic TomTom<\/a> and this link for TomTom variations<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest TomTom<\/a> to get started on. More TomTom puzzles can be found in these books<\/a> in our e-store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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