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Sudoku from Scratch

48 progressive puzzles with explained hints and solutions

Learn to solve sudoku with eight lessons, 48 progressive puzzles and hints that explain your next step.

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What is inside

  • Eight short lessons covering the rules and first solving techniques.
  • 48 puzzles: eight 4×4, eight 6×6 and thirty-two 9×9 grids.
  • Three staged hints per puzzle, kept separate from the practice pages.
  • Complete solutions and one grid per practice page.

Is this for you?

For adults starting sudoku or looking to understand their first deductions. All you need is the book, a pencil and an eraser.

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Three complete pages from the paperback edition. Enlarge them to read the text.

Page 10: Learn a deduction
Page 10

Learn a deduction

The hidden-single lesson shows how a number can have just one place in a row, even when that cell has several candidates.

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Page 45: Try it in a puzzle
Page 45

Try it in a puzzle

Puzzle D01 provides room to solve a 9 × 9 sudoku and points to its three hints, kept separate from the practice page.

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Page 77: Use a hint when you need one
Page 77

Use a hint when you need one

The page for D01 and D02 gives specific deductions to follow without going straight to the complete solution.

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Your route through the book

Condensed contents · paperback page numbers

  1. How to use the workbookpp. 4
  2. Eight lessons: rules and first deductionspp. 5–12
  3. 48 puzzles in 4 × 4, 6 × 6 and 9 × 9 gridspp. 13–60
  4. Three staged hints per puzzlepp. 61–84
  5. Complete solutionspp. 85–108

What the book adds to the free articles

The article helps you take your first steps. The book brings together eight lessons and 48 puzzles for continued practice, with separate hints and solutions to consult at your own pace. These pages show how a lesson, a puzzle and its hints connect.

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