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Rule of 45

Mastering the 45 Rule in Kakuro

Mastering the 45 Rule in Kakuro

You’ve hit a wall in an expert Kakuro. Every magic block on the page is filled in, every easy crossing is done, and a fat block of empty cells is sitting in the middle of the grid. Each clue around it has five or six workable combinations. You pencil a few, erase them, and pencil them again. …