2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship
Solutions

1. Battleships (Jay Baxter)

Answer: B2,J6,A7,E9

2. Piecemaker (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 34,344,43,23

3. Seven-Letter Hungary (Will Shortz)

Answer: SZARVAS

4. Icon Maze (Scott Kim)

Answer: ADCBHGKLRQIFEJMPSTONXYVUWZ

5. Hungarian Goulash (Patrick Merrell)

Answer: 1,3,1,1

6 Cross Sums (Michael Rios)

Answer: 2,5,6,6,8,2,1,3,8,5,1

7. Count Me In (Scott Kim)
Answer: 43

8. Picnic Lunch (Shawn Kennedy)

Answer: KFIHALCK,ECUPNCAN

9. Division Subdivision (Craig Kasper)

Answer: 83,79,46,33

10. Spinners (Erich Friedman)

Answer 1,1,3,3,3,4,5,5,5,7

11. Arrow Ring (Shawn Kennedy)

Answer: 4,1,3,2,2,6

12. Factor Maze (Erich Friedman)

Answer: 6,10,4,3,9,8,5,11

13. Crisscross Crash (Craig Kasper)

Answer: COHHTAS,CASCA

14. Zeros (Cihan Altay)

Answer: 4,300,10,20,30,20,400,1

15. Observers (Cihan Altay)

Answer: D4,B3,E5,D5,E3

16. Three Coins (Erich Friedman)
Answer: 6,7,11 or 5,9,10

17. Groundhog Day (Patrick Merrell)

Answer: A1-D4,B4-C2,E2-E5

18. Numerical Jigsaw (Erich Friedman)
 
Answer: 16=96/6

19. Digital Number Place/Sudoku (Cihan Altay)
 
Answer: 345162,236541

20. Famous Hungarians (Nancy Schuster)

Answer: RAHPK,RMIOA,AORRA,LNYTA,TELGL

21. False Field Fences (Michael Rios)
 
Answer: 1,2,4,5

22. Toroidal Number Place/Sudoku (Michael Rios)
 
Answer: 627398514,849571632

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