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FROM THE ARCHIVES OF PRAGPUB MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019

Toothbreaker

The PragPub Puzzle

An alphabetic sudoku-slash-anagram poser.

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🧩 IT’S PUZZLE TIME!

Here’s this month’s Sudoku/anagram brain-teaser. It’s a Sudoku, yes, but with letters. Just use the nine different letters in the grid to complete it so that every row, column, and small square contains each of the nine letters. When you extricate yourself from this puzzle, you can rearrange the nine unique letters in the grid to reveal a “toothbreaker.”

Ready to see the solution?

If you enjoyed this puzzle, you are sure to enjoy Erica Sadun’s book:

Numerical Brain Teasers

Cover from PragPub magazine, December 2019