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Kakuro for Beginners

100 Easy Cross-Sum Puzzles with Step-by-Step Instructions

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Cover of Kakuro for Beginners, 100 Easy Cross-Sum Puzzles with Step-by-Step Instructions

Never solved a kakuro? Start here. A step-by-step tutorial with worked examples comes first, then 100 puzzles that build from very easy to moderate, with full solutions at the back.

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Format
Paperback, 6 x 9 in
Pages
144
Published
July 5, 2026
ISBN-13
979-8185635308
Author
Fairways and Miles

How it works

Kakuro looks like a crossword filled with numbers. Every run of white squares has a clue in the shaded square at its start, and the digits you write in that run must add up to the clue. You can only use 1 through 9, and a digit can't appear twice in the same run.

That's the whole rulebook. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, and you get there by logic, not guessing. Solutions for every puzzle are at the back of the book.

New to it? Our guide to solving kakuro walks through a first grid step by step.

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