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US Puzzle Championship - 2012 Solutions

 

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1. Battleships (Moshe Rubin)

Answer: CO,EK,GT,IT

 

2. Complementary Domains (Michael Rios)

Answer: 012311,013101


3. Shadow Boxing #1 (Cihan Altay)

Answer: DEA,HFG,IBC

 

4. Shadow Boxing #2 (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 358,461,297

 

5. Corral (Nikoli)

Answer: 9,9,7,3,1,7

 

6. Math Flip #1 (Erich Friedman)

Answer: 4,3,2,5

 

7. Math Flip #2 (Erich Friedman)

Answer: 5,7,8,1,6

 

8. A Crossword (Cihan Altay)

Answer: U-ALARM-ATTIC,T-PIASTER-VAN

 

9. Pond Scum (Nick Baxter/Patrick Merrell)

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Answer: C1,I1,B2,E2,J2,B3,C3,F4,J4,D5

 

10. Masyu (Nikoli)

Answer: AFHEDBGCJLMNOKI

 

11. Multiplicative Corral (Grant Fikes)

Answer: 2,1,2,1,27

 

12. Packing for Croatia (Shawn Kennedy)

Answer: AIIRPEEOCEN,RLVOERTVANU

 

13. Sudoku (Nikoli)

Answer: 756834912,648752139

14. Tren (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: 0--225-0-2,1---2-33--

 

15. Pentahouses (Cihan Altay)

Answer: LF,PWX,YV

 

16. Space Probes (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 0,0,2,1,7,0,3

 

17. Tapa (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: 1,1,4,1,3,4

 

18. Magic Order (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 523614,632145

 

19. Frozen Pentaminoes (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: V-----W-N--,--F-ZZI-YLL

 

20. Snail's Nest (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: ---GCITEAR-,UDEO-L-WNG-,AI-SOTLU--H

 

21. Gapped Kakuro (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: 3-1-7-4-2-5-,2-5-7-361-4-

 

22. Fences Variation (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 4,3,15,11,9,9

 

23. Musketeer Sudoku (Adam R. Wood)

Answer: 194568237,674983521