Monday, January 30, 2023

PUZZLE #424: Sudokurostic 3

PUZZLE #424
SUDOKUROSTIC 3

Below is supposed to be a sudoku/wordoku puzzle, but unfortunately, the whole grid is completely blank. To fill it in, solve the clues so that the answers fill out the dashes (one letter per dash), then transfer each letter to the grid according to the coordinates below each dash, like an anacrostic puzzle. For example, if the coordinates were "d5", then its corresponding letter should go in the square in row "d" and column "5". Not all of the grid's squares will ultimately be filled in, so it's up to you to complete the rest of the wordoku puzzle, making sure that each row, column, and 3x3 box contains the same nine unique letters without any repeats.

Once the grid has been completely filled, look through it like a word search to find the FINAL ANSWER: a common noun that's at least six letters long


• "Break My Soul" singer
   __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   g2 d4 g8 f1 a1 f6 e2
• Crime such as offering a politician money under the table
   __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   i6 g4 e8 b3 c6 a8 f7
• Kermit the Frog's nephew (or a red-breasted songbird)
   __ __ __ __ __
   i9 h7 a4 c2 e9
• Scottish actor Sean who voiced Draco in Dragonheart
   __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   i5 d9 c4 d3 b1 h1 e5
• The smallest 10-digit number
   __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   e1 h9 b9 g6 a5 c8 i2

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

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