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U.S. Puzzle Championship - 2014 Solutions

 

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1. Battleships (Moshe Rubin)

Answer: AEEI-AAEEC

 

2. Cave (Nikoli)

Answer: 32,53,1221,115

 

3. Masyu (Nikoli)

Answer: 11,213,222

 

4. Holiday BBQ (Baxter/Merrell)

Answer: A1,A2,A5,C2,E1,E5,F3,G1,I1,I3

 

5. Wordstar (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: NAU--RCL,U-YHEI-O

 

6. Slide and Divide (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 82,7194

 

7. Crosslink (Grant Fikes)

Answer: 111211111,1113211,111111121

 

8. Crosswind (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: R-IT--D--R,US-W---UVB

 

9. Match Series (Cihan Altay)

Answer: -5,9,23,11,65,119,85,86,87

 

10. Tapa View (Prasanna Seshadri)

Answer: 212,121,7

 

11. Inside/Outside Fences (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 112421,3323,411122

 

12. Pentamonium (Cihan Altay)

Answer: LPFTN,XU,YWZVI

13. Star Search (Thomas Snyder)

Answer: B2,E7,J10,L8

 

14. Nurikabe Path (Thomas Snyder)

Answer: 2311,131,12111,1125

 

15. Geometric Distribuion (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 225516,444433

 

16. Double Minesweeper (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: 002201020,202121020,2-2000222

 

17. One or Two (Cihan Altay)

Answer: TARCDAERESORIT,YOLOEERROARAAL

 

18. Nurikabe (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 32,1311,35

 

19. Digital Clutter (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 7642,9358

 

20. Sudoku (Nikoli)

Answer: 435879216,851724369

 

21. Tapa (Serkan Yürekli)

Answer: 7,1114,51

 

22. Meta Tapa (Cihan Altay)

Answer: F6,24

 

23. Sukazu Gaiden (Adam R. Wood)

Answer: 4323434142,4343423241