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What is kakuro? Like sudoku, kakuro will call on your powers of logic to find a solution. But kakuro has an element of math - elementary addition and subtraction is also required. Numbers on the black squares are the target for a sum of numbers between 1 and 9 that you will place in the white squares. Sounds easy enough? Read on...

We've provided a short illustrated tutorial for you. Learn how to solve kakuro in easy steps. Learn about candidates, known combinations and all the other useful strategies for placing those numbers. Just follow the link below and get started on this entertaining and addictive puzzle.

The basics

Example

The clues are the numbers printed on the black squares - above the white diagonal line are the across clues and below it are the down clues. The clues are the sum of the solution block next to the clue. Thus, if a 3 is shown as a clue there will be two cells waiting for you to put the digits 1 and 2 in them - the only possible sum that will equal 3.

The final rule is that no number may be repeated in any block. For example, if the clue is 4, the only possible solution will be 1 and 3 (or 3 and 1), never 2 and 2.

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