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It will take you 6 months and 8 minutes to solve a Sudoku puzzle "quickly". The first six months is how long it will take you, (at a minimum, assuming you play 2 or 3 puzzles per day, and complete them), to develop the strategies that will enable you to recognize simple, easily provable patterns that result in a "forced" outcome. Once you have sufficient numbers of these patterns learned and memorized, you will rapidly increase your speed in solving any particular Sudoku puzzle. You will be amazed! My wife went from not being able to understand WHAT a Sudoku puzzle was all about, to solving a 4 star puzzle on her own in less than an hour. She is also MUCH better at reaching logical conclusions about things totally unrelated to Sudoku. I recommend the practice to everybody. Even parents!
Its basically a math puzzle, so a type of puzzle.
One could visit SudokuProfessor or SudokuDragon to find strategies on how to complete a Sudoku Puzzle. Also, if one happens to have a Sudoku Puzzle Book, at the front page is usually a guide to how to complete a Sudoku puzzle. Once you know how to, they are really fun and good for keeping the mind active.
Sudoku is a fun puzzle game. You use logic to figure out where the numbers go, and try to combine facts you know to figure out more. If you enjoy challenging yourself and solving puzzles, you will like playing Sudoku!
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The puzzle known as "Al Escargot" (the snail) is currently considered the hardest Sudoku puzzle. It was created by a Finnish mathematician called Arto Inkala. One of the hardest Sudoku books available is "Extreme Sudoku" by Antoine Alary, not to be confused with "X-TREME Sudoku" by Nikoli & Co. or "Sudoku Xtreme" by Christopher Monckton, which are both an order of magnitude easier.
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It depends on the puzzle.
Sudoku Susser is a great tool for solving Sudoku puzzles.
a Sudoku puzzle is a test of logic while a crossword puzzle is a test of how like a thesaurus you are or a test of general knowledge. which one if better is a matter of opinion, but i suppose one might stimulate the brain than the other, if that is what you mean by better.