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Monday, 23rd June 08 We have another bonus full members: the second 100 Sudoku puzzle e-book that you can print out to play. In this book we have even more types of Sudoku puzzles with Sudoku, 2×3 Sudoku, 3×4 Sudoku, Godoku, Super Sudoku, Samurai Sudoku and Killer Sudoku all available at different difficulties.
To get your copy, simply sign up as a full member now! Wedmesday, 23rd April 08

The latest best-selling Times Sudoku Book is now out with 150 new Sudoku puzzles ranging from Mild (easy) to Super Fiendish (very, very hard). You can win one of two copies with our latest Samurai Sudoku competition or buy one at Amazon. Monday, 24th March 08

The Times have launched our newest addition to the Sudoku family: mini Sudoku – a 3×2 version of the puzzle that is generally much quicker to complete. These puzzles should become a regular feature in the Times2 on weekdays and Books section on Saturdays. We'll be adding a new Sudoku book for all full members with a wider range of puzzles soon, from mini Sudoku to Killer Sudoku. Sunday, 16th September 07

Today we attended The Times UK National Sudoku Championship finals in London where 163 people battled to complete their puzzles as quickly as possible. The first hour long rounds saw many people fail to complete the three puzzles, with the fastest eight going through to the quarter finals. We watched as the finalists appeared to effortlessly complete their Super Fiendish Sudoku, requiring some tricky solving techniques, in around ten minutes. This championship was challenging to all who attended, the super fiendish Sudoku puzzles made it a formidable contest to all who travelled to London to partake. Friday, 16th March 07

Finding some of the very hard Sudoku a challenge? Please check out today's article on Times Online detailing some of the more advanced solving techniques: x-wing and swordfish. Saturday, 17th February 07

We now have regular competitions to win Sudoku books produced for The Times. All members are welcome to submit their solution to our challenging Samurai Sudoku for a chance to win. Since the start of this year, we are now the sole provider of Sudoku, Samurai Sudoku, Godoku and Killer Sudoku for The Times and Sunday Times newspapers. Soon, we will have an interactive Killer Sudoku solver (as promised in our books) and a significant presence on the Times Online website with daily interactive Sudoku and competitions.

Our first 3 Sudoku books produced for The Times newspaper

Wednesday, 18th October 06 Our first batch of Sudoku books for The Times have arrived this month. The first ever Samurai Sudoku book from the Times covers some of the difficulties that you will not find in the newspaper, including a final mind-boggler at number 100 (try completing it within 6 hours!). In Sudoku 6, you will find some super hard Sudoku, with the entire book gradually increasing in difficulty. Our first Killer Sudoku book offers a comprehensive introduction and solving time targets throughout. These books are an improvement from previous books, so have a look! Friday, 8th September 06 We now syndicate high-quality Killer Sudoku puzzles to magazines and newspapers. For more information please visit: Sudoku Syndication.

Tuesday, 18th July 06 We have recently introduced a new perk for full members, a 100 Sudoku puzzle e-book that you can print out to play. Included are 50 exclusive Sudoku puzzles, 10 Godoku, 20 Super Sudoku and 20 Samurai Sudoku of various difficulties from very easy to very hard.
If you haven't tried Godoku before, now is your chance! Solve the grid to reveal a hidden word (like a wordsearch) from the given 9 letter anagram.
For your opportunity to play some interesting Sudoku and Sudoku variants, sign up as a full member now!

Sudoku Feed - 300 Sudoku puzzles per month!

Thursday, 18th May 06 We have launched our own line of Sudoku Feeds for websites. Add a little code to your website and you can have around 300 unique Sudoku puzzles on your site each month! Installation is very simple, requiring only basic knowledge of HTML. Each day the feed automatically connects to our server for a new selection of Sudoku puzzles. For more details on our Sudoku Feed, go to sudokufeed.com. Monday, 1st May 06

A full account has just got a lot better: we have launched the world's first live and exclusive valid Samurai Sudoku generator!
To play Samurai you need to complete the whole grid so that each of the five Sudokus have unique digits for every row, column and three-by-three box. Unlike invalid Samurai puzzles, you will always need to solve the puzzle as a whole, you cannot just solve each Sudoku individually.
Join us and create and solve Samurai Sudokus, then print or email the results to your friends. If you would like to try out our exclusive Samurai Sudoku puzzles, sign up for your own full account. Wednesday, 26th April 06

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9 7 8 . 4 6 . . .
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. 4 5 . . 2 . . .
3 . . . 1 . . . 8
. . . 8 . . 4 3 .
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. . . 6 7 . 3 4 1
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Some cool new features for full members only: a list of the most solved Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles and an import and export facility to save and load puzzles as text. If you want to save yourself time entering a popular newspaper or magazine's puzzle, then sign up for a full account now. Saturday, 28th January 06

A new year and a new competition at Sudoku Syndication! We have a Maxtor 80Gb External USB Hard Drive, a fully-featured 256Mb MP3 player and a 256Mb key drive as prizes, courtesy of our competition sponsors: Solaris Technology. For a chance to win one of these prizes, simply complete our moderately difficult Super Sudoku puzzle to find the four highlighted values. Entry is completely free and open to all Sudoku Syndication members. Friday, 16th December 05 Sudoku Syndication has Sudoku on TV! If you live in the UK, you can see

Carol Vorderman's Big Brain Game on Sky One at 8pm on Thursday, 22nd December. There are five rounds that challenge different parts of the brain, each correct answer reveals a value on the Sudoku grid.
If you want to find out more about this exciting new TV game show, view our Big Brain Game page for details. Participate in the show for a chance to win a dream holiday in one of the best new hotels in the world. Tuesday, 6th December 05

We have created a book listing to give visitors a starting place for buying Sudoku books and calendars in online stores. So far we have five different online book shops including Amazon.com, Amazon UK and Pickabook.
You can compare prices in several currencies, find out the number of Sudoku puzzles and read the details on each book. Its easy to use and should prove to be popular gifts or a perfect companion on long journeys. Monday, 14th November 05

Choose your own Sudoku symmetry preferences

As you may have noticed, we have subtly introduced symmetrical Sudoku at random intervals into the Sudoku and Super Sudoku generators. If you register as a full member, you will benefit from the choice of symmetrical or asymmetrical Sudoku generated just as you like it. Upgrade your account and get more from your Sudoku. Sunday, 13th November 05

Hanrahan Media have kindly offered up to 50 audience places and two contestant places on a new TV show on Sky One: Carol Vorderman's Big Brain Game. Contestants will use their logic to get the Sudoku clues for a chance to win the cash prize of £9,000.
If you are a UK member, you can apply to to be on the show exclusively online at Sudoku Syndication. The show records on 9th December 2005, so don't wait around! Sunday, 2nd October 05

Finally, our members have the chance to win a decent prize on at sudokusyndication.com. Win a Goodmans portable DVD player with Sudoku Syndication by completing our challenging Super Sudoku Competition! Everyone is free to enter, so get puzzling over our first prize Sudoku competition. Good luck! Tuesday, 27th September 05 We have expanded our difficulty range from three to five levels. Most difficulty levels remain the same, with the easy divided into two levels. However, there is a notable addition of very hard level; and we really mean it!
The very hard Sudoku puzzles are some of the most taxing Sudokus that you will ever find and the very hard Super Sudoku is nothing less than EXTREME. Only full members have access to these new challenging Sudoku and Super Sudoku puzzles. Saturday, 27th August 05 Our super-fast Sudoku generators have arrived! After a lot of development and the power of a new four-processor Xeon server - we can deliver some of the fastest Sudoku puzzles in the world. The hard Super Sudoku puzzles are now more difficult to solve than ever before. All the Sudoku websites now have their own individual designs. Everyone should welcome the introduction of our Sudoku email facilities. You can now email Sudoku and Super Sudoku puzzles to yourself with solutions attached or send them to a friend. Members can now manage their account details online and see their daily Sudoku statistics live with the introduction of the member's area. Wednesday, 6th July 05 We have launched our 3×3 Sudoku and 4×4 Super Sudoku generators with lots of cool features. Our generators go beyond simply setting a number range of start values for easy, medium and hard puzzles. They are assigned based on their difficulty to solve; not the number of given values. We are the first to give you an online 0-9, A-F Super Sudoku generator in the world! Friday, 1st July 05 It appears that Sky One's Sudoku Live is using the same font as Sudoku Solver. Please don't try solving the Sudoku without the initial clues given. The initial puzzle is invalid and the required guesses will not give an unique solution. After the first set of clues, you can find the accurate solution. Friday, 10th June 05 We now have a 3×3 Godoku solver! Monday, 6th June 05 The Sudoku solvers are now improved, with faster solving times and less guessing required.