Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #1

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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

"I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty."
-- Imelda Marcos

1 2 5
4
7
9
3
8
9
1
6
5
4
7
5
4
6

2
5
7
6
9
7
1
9
5
4
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Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #2
2

1
9
4 5
6
3

4
6 9
5 7 4
2 8
1 7
4

6
1
1 9
9
4
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

"Mother Nature is not sweet."
-- John Shelby Spong

9
6
4 5
7
9
2

7
5 2


Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36


Sudoku #3
1
2

8

6 7
3

3 5
4 3
7 6 9

1 7
3 2
5
6 1

9

8
1
4

9
3

© 2013 KrazyDad.com

Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each

3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

"Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other."
-- Rainer Maria Rilke

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5
8


Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #4
4
1 8
7
9
2
1
9 5
4
1
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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.

If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

Experience is directly proportional to computer time wasted.

6 8 7
2
4
4 8
9
7
5
2
4
6
4
9
8
2
3 5
1
6
5 8


Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #5

1
9
7 4
8 6
5 3

4
9
6 5
8

4

7
8 3
6
2

6

4 8
2 6
2 6
3
7
1
9
© 2013 KrazyDad.com

Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each

3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

"We'll cross out that bridge when we come back to it later."

8
1


Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #6
7 5 6 3
7

1
7
2

5
2
6 9

8

1 2
4

3
3
7
5
8
4
4
2
3 6 5 8
© 2013 KrazyDad.com

Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

Men have fiendishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell
only to find it ridiculous.
-- George Santayana

8
9


Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #7
9

6
2
4
8
1

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Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you
really care to know.

6 5
1
9 8
2
5 3
3 2 1 4
9
1 8 5
7 1 9
5
3 9
6

1 5
7
4


Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #8
1 9

7

6 1
4
9
3
5 2 8 1
6 5 3
8 9 4
4 8 7 6
3
5
9
7 2
8
4
8 1
2
© 2013 KrazyDad.com


Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each
3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9.
If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork.
Need a little help? The hints page shows a logical order to solve the puzzle.
Use it to identify the next square you should solve. Or use the answers page
if you really get stuck.

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Hints

Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

Sudoku #1
3

8

39

9

10 22 11

43 51

12

7

4

40 41

2

42

44 24 13

45 46
47
30

1

14
28 15

18

36

50


23

1

21 22

4

33 49 34

42

20 21

26

37 38

44 45 29

1

9

39 40 41 29

2

10 11


3

5

43 24

47 32 33

6
7

15 16

30

33 34

21

5

35

23
38

8

40 41 11


35 48 49 50 22 23

7

43

24 13 14 36

1

27 51 52 38

28

4

15

18

30 31 18

22
36 37

42 27 12
3

28


14 15
5

16

2

40 29 13
14 15

5

6

24 48 49 34 35

25

26

10 36 50

37 38

7

2

27


2

13 14 15

46 47 34 35

8

3

28 29 44

45 30

9

17

48 36 22 23 24
49 37

39 25 26

39 51 40 41

11

21


19 20

4

46 47 21 22 23

11 12

5

6

7

Sudoku #8

13
1

2

44 45

34 46

30 31 14

1

32 33


14

2

16 48 35 17 18

8

4
5

6
7

27

19
21 22

26

3

15
15

36 12

37 22 38 23 24 13

25 39 47 40 41 42

34

9

35

28 29

7

46 47

36 37 20

16

33

11 26 41 42 27

6

31 18

3

32


38 10 23 24 39 25

5

42 43 12

4

Sudoku #7

4

7

1

33 20

3

19

9

45 32 18 19

12 43

6


8

31 44

40

17

Sudoku #6

41 42 43 16 17

38

31

10 25 39

13

44 29

Sudoku #5

9

26

25 26


16 17

8

24

6

10

25

20 47 32

34 21

30

3

27 28

4

42 43 44 45 46 20 31

1

13


41 23

45 46

30 19 12

27 28

2

Sudoku #4

8

37

11
12

14 38 39 40

Sudoku #3

10 18

34 19

16 29

19


9

35 20 36 37

25

5

33

46 47

26 27

31 48 32

17 35

32 17

16

43 44 45 28 29 17
18 30 31 32 19 33

9

10


8

20

11 21

INSTRUCTIONS: These hint grids reveal the order in which the squares were solved by my computer. It's not necessarily
the same order you would use, but it's probably close. Follow the numbered squares in order 1,2,3,... until you find
a square you haven't solved yet. This square (or the one or two immediately after it) is a good candidate to solve next.

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Sudoku #2


Answers
Sudoku #1
6 3 1 2
4 7 9 6
8 5 2 9
9 1 6 8
7 8 3 5
2 4 5 1
1 6 8 7
3 2 7 4
5 9 4 3
Sudoku #3
4 3 1 2
5 6 2 4
8 9 7 3

9 8 6 5
3 2 4 7
1 7 5 8
7 4 9 1
2 5 3 6
6 1 8 9
Sudoku #5
8 3 6 1
1 2 9 7
5 7 4 9
3 1 8 6
2 6 5 3
4 9 7 8
9 4 1 5
6 5 2 4
7 8 3 2

Novice Sudoku Puzzles, Volume 1, Book 36

8 4 9
3 1 8 5
4 7 6 1
7 2 5 3
9 4 1 2
6 3 7 8
2 9 3 4
1 5 9 6
8 6 2 7
5


9 8
1 7
5 6
2 1

5
8
4
7
6 9 1
4 3 2
3 2 6
8 4 9
7 5 3

6

7

2
3
4
6

9
5
8
1

7


9
1 2
3

4

3

8 5
9 6
5 8
7 1
2 4

Sudoku #2
2 6 8 7
7 4 5 2
9 1 3 6
6 3 1 4
4 5 2 9
8 7 9 1
3 9 4 5
5 2 6 8
1 8 7 3

9
1
8
5

6
3
7
4
2

4

3
5

7
8
2
6
1
9

1 3 5
6 9 8
7 4 2
2 8 9
3 1 7
4 5 6
8 2 1
9 7 3
5 6 4

Sudoku #4
1 3 6 8 7 2 5 9 4

9 7 2 5 4 3 6 1 8
5 4 8 1 6 9 3 2 7
7 6 5 3 2 1 8 4 9
2 9 1 4 8 6 7 3 5
4 8 3 7 9 5 2 6 1
8 1 7 2 3 4 9 5 6
3 5 9 6 1 7 4 8 2
6 2 4 9 5 8 1 7 3
Sudoku #6

2
4
8
5
7
1
3
9
6

5 9 7
6 5 8
3 1 2
9 7 4
4 8 9
2 6 3
7 2 6
8 3 1
1 4 5


Sudoku #7
6 5 3 7 1 2 4
1 7 9 8 4 6 2
4 8 2 9 5 3 7
3 2 1 4 6 9 8
9 4 7 1 8 5 3
8 6 5 2 3 7 1
5 1 8 3 9 4 6
2 9 4 6 7 1 5
7 3 6 5 2 8 9

4

7

3

2 3
8 1
6 7

6
2

1
5
8

1


2

4

9
6

7

5
9

9

8 9
5 3
1 6
7 5
6 2
9

4

2 7
3 8
4

5

1


3

8
4

2 8
4 1 5 9
9 7 6 4
3 9 8 1
8 5 4 7
5 6 3 2
7 8 9 5
2 4 1 6
1 2 7 3
6

3

Sudoku #8
4 5 2 1
3 9 7 8
8 1 6 2
9 7 3 4
2 6 5 3
1 4 8 7
5 8 9 6
7 2 1 5
6 3 4 9


9
8

1
7

4
6

3 5
5 4 2
3 6 9
1 8 7
4 2 1
7 9 3
2

6

5

8

6 7 8 3
4 5 2 6 1
7 3 4 5 9
5 2 8 1 6
1 8 9 4 7
6 9 3 2 5
2 7 1 3 4

3 4 6 9 8
8 1 5 7 2
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