Will Shortz Presents Summertime Pocket Kakuro (Will Shortz Presents...)

For sudoku fans looking for a new puzzle to delight and challenge them, Will Shortz, the crossword editor of "The New York Times" and America's puzzlemaster, presents kakuro. If you've never tried these deceptively simple-looking puzzles, get set: Millions of puzzlers around the globe are already hooked The object is quite simple: Place a single digit from 1 to 9 in each white square of a crossword-like grid. A clue number, shown in a shaded square, represents the sum of the digits to be placed in the white squares to the right of it (for an Across answer) or beneath it (for a Down answer). No digit is repeated within an answer. Like sudoku, kakuro is a crossword puzzle using numbers. The only skills needed to solve a kakuro puzzle are addition and subtraction (no other math), and a good sense of logic. So pick up your pencil and get ready to see if you can kakuro

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312941846
• ISBN13: 9780312941840
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

More portable than other puzzle books

The size is smaller and more convenient for travel than some of the other puzzle books, but is PACKED with hours and hours of fun. If you haven't discovered the number puzzle craze yet--- you can start here!