2006 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship
Solutions

1. Battleships (Moshe Rubin)

Answer: A3,G2,G10,I1

2. Sudoku (Ken Duisenberg)

Answer: 453621,312546

3. Pentomino Puddles (Erich Friedman)

Answer: LVZ,NPY,ITU,FWX

4. Piecework (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 10,6,4,6

5. Septoku (Bruce Oberg)

Answer: 3452716,5342167,1532674

6 Benign Crisscross (Craig Kasper)

Answer: BOBBYHULL

7. Mice (Patrick Merrell)

Answer: A3,C5,D5,D6,F7,G1,H2,H5,J5,J6 (D4 accepted)

8. Bulgarian Provinces (Nancy Schuster)

Answer: DLDOB,AOESA,RVVVP,GVVOE,ZRIVR

9. Round Trip (Glenn Iba)

Answer: 1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,19

10. Arrow Ring (Shawn Kennedy)

Answer 2,2,2,3,4

11. Closing the Loop (Scott Kim)

Answer: D,G,I,H,F,D,C,H,E,B,E,A

12. Hex House (Erich Friedman)

Answer: C5,E2

13. Packing for Bulgaria (Shawn Kennedy)

Answer: H,N,C,B,L,P,N,L

14. Welcome to Bulgaria (Patrick Merrell)

Answer: A1-D5,B4-C7,C5-E2

15. Suspects (Cihan Altay)

Answer: B,E,F,H,I

16. Traffic Signs (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 12,5,8,2,2,2,4

17. Atomic Fusion (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 2,2,2,5,6,6,7,8,23

18. Irregular Sudoku (Michael Rios)
 
Answer: 781536492,839762514

19. Tetris Crisscross (Craig Kasper)
 
Answer: ITARTASS

20. Slide Weight (Erich Friedman)

Answer: 3,2,4,5,6,1

21. Fences Variation (Dave Tuller)
 
Answer: 1,3,7,4,4

22. Plus or Minus Kakuro (Michael Rios)
 
Answer: 314287619,748391849

23. Distance (Erich Friedman)
 
Answer: 10,5,12,8,13,7,1,4,6,2,11,9,3

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