NAME : POINTS :

13TH 24 HOURS PUZZLE CHAMPIONSHIP

2012 – BUDAPEST

Puzzles by Aline Koch & Frédérique Rogeaux

PUZZLES

1. Black-out Japanese sums Sudoku 110 points (20 + 90)

2. Electrical Wiring 95 points (15 + 35 + 45)

3. Four Winds 105 points (15 + 90)

4. French Cuisine 30 points (20 + 10)

5. Hexa or not hexa Akari 30 points (15 + 15)

6. Hexagonal Kropki 110 points (30 + 80)

7. Linked Easy as ABC 80 points (10 + 15 + 20 + 35)

8. Magnets 90 points (35 + 55)

9. Sudoku Pieces 80 points

10. Nurikabe 30 points

11. Scrabble 95 points

12. Skyscrapers + / - 1 70 points

13. Sum / Product Skyscrapers 40 points

14. 767 SMS 35 points

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1. Black-out Japanese sums Sudoku 110 points (20 + 90 points)

Fill in the grid with numbers from 1 to 9 (from 1 to 6 in the smaller grid) so that each number occurs at most once in
each row, column and 3x3 block.
As in a Black-out Sudoku, each row, column and block contains one black cell. That black cell defines sequences of
numbers. As in Japanese Sums, clues outside the grid give the sums of the numbers appearing in each sequence, in
order (from left to right or from top to bottom).
Moreover, inequalities in the grid must be exact.

9 10

20
1–6
< 12 6 20 points

2 17

1 15

13 7

9 14 20 19 7 1
7 4 13 16

13 23

< 19 20
1–9 38 6
90 points
3 16 20

9 42

5 2 38

2 36

> 25 15

20 18

18 29 38 36 15 4 30 12 30
20 7 24 36 8 32 12
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2. Electrical Wiring 95 points (15 + 35 + 45 points)

The grid represents an electrical circuit.

The gray cell in the middle of the grid is the generator ; the circles are light bulbs that need to be switched on.
Fill in every blank cell with wire so that each light bulb is connected to the generator by one wire. Wires may not
cross thick black cell borders.
You may use connectors (T shaped) to create new segments from the main circuit. The clues outside the grid indicate
the number of connectors you have to use in the row or column.
Loose ends are not permitted. Wires cannot cross. The generator cell cannot be modified. 35 points

2 0 1 6 3 1 1

15 points 0    

1 1 4 2 0
2 
1    3 
3  3  
1    3  
1  2   
2   1   

1 2 2 3 3 3 0

1    
3 
4   
45 points 3 
2 
1

0      
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3. Four winds 105 points (15 + 90 points)

One or more horizontal or vertical lines are drawn from each numbered square. Lines cannot cross other numbered
squares. Each number indicates how many squares are connected by its lines; the numbered squares themselves are
not counted. Lines cannot overlap or intersect each other, and each empty square is covered by exactly one line.
Fill in the grid.

5 3

3 5 15 points

2 3

5 2

3 3

2 4 1

1 7

10 3

6 7

3 1
90 points 5 3

3 3 1 1 1

4 3 4

8 1 1

5 5

4 8

13
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4. French Cuisine 30 points (20 points + 10 points)

Starting from the top left cell (containing a star), draw a continuous line forming the indicated word for the grid
(associated with French food). The line must connect letters in order (ignore spaces) ; it cannot overlap nor cross
itself.
For the smaller grids, 5 points are allocated for each solved grid. The larger grid (“Vol au vent”) is worth 10 points on
its own.

COTE DE PORC STROGONOFF PARIS BREST

 C R   P
O R O F I
E G O S A
D C T S
T E R T
O P O F R S
N B E

VOL AU VENT

 N A
CASSOULET

 O L
T O E
C U U
A L
S V V
S T
E
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5. Hexa or not hexa Akari 30 points (15 + 15 points)

Place some light bulbs in the grid. Each numbered black cell indicates how many lights bulbs are adjacent to that cell.
The light bulbs emit rays that travel in a straight line in each direction until they hit a black cell or the edge of the
grid. Each white cell must be illuminated by a light bulb, and any two light bulbs must not illuminate each other.
One grid is hexagonal ; the other one is a square.

15 points

1
2
2 1

15 points
1

3
2 2
2
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6. Hexagonal Kropki 110 points (30 + 80 points)

Fill in the grid so that every row (in any of the three directions) contains different digits : from 1 through 7 for the
first grid and from 1 through 9 for the second grid.
If absolute difference between two digits in neighbouring cells equals 1, then they’re separated by a white dot.
If digit from one cell is half the digit of the neighbouring cell, then they’re separated by a black dot. The digits 1 and 2
can be separated by either a white or a black dot.

1–7
30 points

1–9
80 points
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7. Linked Easy as ABC 80 points (10 + 15 + 20 + 35 points)

Place the letters A, B and C in the four grids so that each letter
appears exactly once in every row and column. Diagonal
Easy as ABC
Easy as
The clues between two grids are valid for those two grids,
even when the clue is not given.
All symbols  stand for the same letter. Easy as
Easy as ABC
Second Letter

Easy as ABC : the clues outside the grid indicate the first letter seen in that direction.
Diagonal Easy as : the clues outside the grid indicate the first letter seen in that direction. Each letter appears exactly
once in each diagonal.
Easy as Second Letter : the clues outside the grid indicate the second letter seen in that direction.
Partial points will be allocated if the solution for one grid is part of the complete solution.
Any first grid solved is worth 10 points ; the second grid is worth 15 points, the third grid 20 points ; the complete
solution 80 points.

 B

C C A B

C B

A C

 
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8. Magnets 90 points (35 + 55 points)

The grid is made up of magnetic and non-magnetic plates. Each magnetic plate has two halves : one positive (+) and
one negative (−). Halves with the same symbol cannot be horizontally or vertically adjacent.
The numbers outside the grid indicate how many magnetic halves of each kind can be found in that row or column.
Some numbers have been erased. Each time the number of positive halves is equal to the number of negative halves
in a row / column, the symbol = appears outside the row / column. Find the polarity of all magnets.

4 1

1 3

3 4 35 points

4 = 2 +
= = =
3 3 3 -

55 points
3

0 3 +
= = =
1 1 -
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9. Sudoku Pieces 80 points

Pieces of a Sudoku grid are given beside the grid.

Place the different pieces so that each piece fits in one of the shapes drawn in the grid and each number from 1 to 9
occurs at most once in each row, column and 3x3 block. Pieces may be rotated but not reflected.
Every shape must be covered.

8 6

6
4 3 3 6 7 2 4 8

8 1 9 9 6 5

8 3 6 8 9
99 5 2 1

4 2 5 1 7

8 4 3 2 4 1 7 7 5

6 3 9 3
4 6 7

4 3 3 6 7 2 4 8 1 2 1 2 3 2 9

1 9 6 5 2 6 5 7 8

3 6 8 9 9 5 2 1 4 2 5 1 3

2 5 1 7 5 9 7 6 1

4 3 2 4 1 7 7 5 7 9 8 8 7

6 3 9 3 5 3 4 5 4

1 2 1 2
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10. Nurikabe 30 points

Locate some islands in the grid. Each number is part of an island and indicates its size. The islands cannot touch by
sides. All the other cells should form the “sea”. The “sea” is a black continuous area that cannot contain any 2x2
square.

3 4 5

5 3 2

2 3 2

2 4 5
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11. Scrabble 95 points

Place all the listed words into the grid. Ignore spaces.
All words must be interconnected and no additional word (even two-letter long) should appear.
All A’s are already given.

A
A
A
A A A A

A A
A A
A A
A

A
A A A A

A
A

ANTALYA CROATIA ITALY POLAND

BELARUS CZECH REPUBLIC KRALJEVICA PRAGUE
BOROVETS EGER LUCCA RIO DE JANEIRO
BRAZIL GOA MINSK SLOVAKIA
BULGARIA HUNGARY OPATIJA TURKEY
BUDAPEST INDIA PAPROTNIA ZILINA
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12. Skyscrapers + / - 1 70 points

The grid represents a group of skyscrapers. Each row and column contains 6 skyscrapers of different heights from 1
to 6. The numbers outside the grid indicate how many skyscrapers are visible from that direction (a building located
behind a taller one in the same row is completely hidden).
All given numbers around the grid are false. They’re either one more or one less than the actual numbers. There is as
many “one more” clues as “one less” clues in the whole grid.
Inequality should be verified.

3 6

4 4

< 4

5 1

3 5 3 1
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13. Sum / Product Skyscrapers 40 points

The grid represents a group of skyscrapers. Each row and column contains 6 skyscrapers of different heights from 1
to 6.
Numbers above or on the left of the grid indicate the product of all skyscrapers visible from that direction.
Numbers on the right or on the bottom of the grid indicate the sum of all skyscrapers visible from that direction.
A building located behind a taller one in the same row / column is completely hidden.

x 60

17

10

90

14

8 13 9 +
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14. 767 SMS 35 points

The words below have been written using a mobile phone keypad.
Only the resulting typed number is left.
Find out the original words.
Partial points will be allocated : for 2 SMS solved, 5 points ; for 3 or 4 SMS solved, 10 points ; after the 4th SMS, each
SMS solved is worth 5 points.

1 2 3
ABC DEF

4 5 6
GHI JKL MNO

7 8 9
PQRS TUV WXYZ

Singers
843 26777

4363747

38339

Towns
237546

267866

635268763

Sportsmen
87246 2658

76437 3333737

84437 96637