#no final answer

Like last week, this is another type that I imagine may show up again and again here. Because they're so small, there won't be as many long, branching deductions to do; they make a nice break between things like extra large Kakuro problems and extra large Nurikabe problems.

Here are three Word Math puzzles; specifically, each of these three is a long division problem. However, they're all wrong; ELEVEN divided by FIVE should not be ONE with remainder FOUR. To fix them, change each letter to a digit from 0 to 9, inclusive. Two different letters do not map to the same digit, and every instance of the same letter maps to the same digit. (So ELEVEN can change to 121314, but not 111314 [E=L] nor 123456 [E=1,3,5].)

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

         ONE FIVE | ELEVEN       FIVE       HFROE       HOLLU        IUIEN        HEHNE         FOUR          TEN FOUR | TWELVE       TFNO        ETLV        EUOE         NRRE         NOLE          TWO      NINE SIX | TWENTY    SIX      OEIN      OOWD        TNT      SIX      NIXY      NEYS       ONE

This puzzle is late due to sudden motherboard failure on the laptop that held the first draft. No final answer this week, just a silly crossword theme to play with.

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

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The puzzle this week is a 14×14 grid based off of Nikoli’s puzzle type Juosan, but I’ve relaxed a clue constraint to fit my theme.

Fill in each cell with a horizontal or vertical bar. (Two horizontal bars have been provided.)

In each region enclosed by bold borders, there may be a number. When there is a number, it must equal the number of cells filled with horizontal bars, or the number of cells filled with vertical bars. (Or possibly both, in the case where a region’s number is exactly half of its area.)

Horizontal bars may stretch across any number of cells horizontally, but may not extend more than two cells vertically.

Vertical bars may stretch across any number of cells vertically, but may not extend more than two cells horizontally.

The shading is purely aesthetic; it does not add any constraint to the puzzle. Note again that two cells have already been filled with horizontal bars.

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

Bad luck and black cats abound tomorrow, from when I post this. With 2017/10/31 just around the corner and inspiring some puzzles surrounding the date and unlucky numbers, here are two small grids with no final answer this week.

The first grid (7x7) is a Fillomino puzzle, with rules here. The second grid (11x10) is a Shikaku puzzle, with rules here. (If you have never seen 4 listed as an unlucky number before, here's the Wikipedia page on Tetraphobia.)

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

Not much of a post this week; I've been busy solving some other puzzles in Puzzle Boat 4: The Fantastic Marathon! (I originally promised myself I would take it slow and start solving tomorrow; as it is, I started solving as soon as submissions opened, even if I tried to show some control as to how much time per day I spend on puzzles.)

Akari (sometimes called Light Up) rules can be found here.

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

No final answer for the puzzle this week, though the theme should certainly be obvious from a glance. (Nota bene: the fourth and final grid is not a straight Mathdoku; you must carve out exactly one more 8+ region in the unused areas such that there is a unique solution to the puzzle.)

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

The Internet is probably getting tired of hearing about the total lunar solar eclipse that passed over the United States today, so I won't say much more than that it served as both the inspiration for these two Moon or Sun puzzles, and the greatest distraction while making them. For the rules of Moon or Sun, click here.

Moon or Sun 002a:

Moon or Sun 002b:

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

Hints for Puzzle #1 after the break: