{"id":7754,"date":"2018-02-15T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=7754"},"modified":"2021-09-07T07:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:07:27","slug":"double-kakuro-grant-fikes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/double-kakuro-grant-fikes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Kakuro by Grant Fikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180215-KakuroDouble-NineSquares.png\" alt=\"Kakuro by Grant Fikes\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180215-KakuroDouble-NineSquares.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/180215NineB>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; note that the dotted circles are just for answer entry and are where the number should be placed in the 2\u00d72 cell. An alternate option with the entry checked in the center of the 2\u00d72 cells is <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/180215Nine>here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Nine Squares<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 253rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Variation of <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/kakuro-rules-and-info\/>Kakuro<\/a>. The gray (2\u00d72) cells are to be filled by a single digit which sits in multiple rows and columns. No digits can repeat within an entry, regardless of if it is in a small or large cell.<\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the values in each white\/gray cell in the marked columns from top to bottom, separating the groups with a comma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 3:45, Expert = 7:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180215-KakuroDouble-NineSquares-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/category\/numberplacement\/kakuro\/\">Kakuro<\/a> puzzles. More Kakuro puzzles can be found in <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/classic-and-variations-series><i>Kakuro and Variations<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. Kakuro will also be featured in the upcoming <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/the-art-of-puzzles-2><i>The Art of Puzzles 2<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; note that the dotted circles are just for answer entry and are where the number should be placed in the 2\u00d72 cell. An alternate option with the entry checked in the center of the 2\u00d72 cells is here.) Theme: Nine Squares Author\/Opus: This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,3,55],"tags":[15,56,103,142],"class_list":["post-7754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kakuro","category-puzzle","category-variation","tag-wednesdaythursday","tag-variation-2","tag-double","tag-kakuro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Double Kakuro by Grant Fikes - The Art of Puzzles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have double the fun with this Double Kakuro puzzle by Grant Fikes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/double-kakuro-grant-fikes-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Double Kakuro by Grant Fikes - 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