{"id":7559,"date":"2018-01-09T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=7559"},"modified":"2018-01-07T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T22:34:10","slug":"best-2017-number-placement-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/best-2017-number-placement-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2017: Number Placement Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Here are our best Number Placement puzzles of 2017 (excluding Sudoku which is treated as its own category). We posted 22 Number Placement puzzles on the web throughout the year.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Two of our best puzzles in 2017, including this <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/kakuro-touchy-grant-fikes-patron-bonus\/>Kakuro (Touchy) by Grant Fikes<\/a>, were exclusive for our patrons. 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