Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Solution to 3 by 3 Puzzle no 1

Here is my original version of the solution:


...and here is another version from Arun Arunasalam, who works in the same office as me:

3 by 3 Puzzle no 1

I worked out the numbers for this puzzle using Oracle Database Express Edition. I created the image below using Microsoft Paint.

Fill in the empty boxes so that each of the numbers 1 to 9 is used exactly once. The number in each circle is the sum of the surrounding 4 digits:


See answer

Saturday, 3 August 2019

Solution to Puzzle no 12

cede
clomp
clomped
code
come
comet
compel
compete
competed
complete

completed
cope
coped
cote
deem
deep
demo
demote
depot
doe

dole
dome
dope
dote
eel
elect
elm
elope
eloped
emote

emoted
led
lee
let
lode
lope
loped
meet
meld
melt

melted
met
mete
meted
mode
model
mole
mope
moped
mote

motel
ode
opted
pee
peed
peel
pelt
pelted
pet
poem

poet
pole
tee
teed
teem
temp
temped
temple
tempo
toe

tome