Puzzle Corner

[EEPhil]

Maybe you're getting better at them.

Easy:

Famous last words!
I found this one more difficult, until I realised where a couple of 5s had to be. That made it obvious where a 5 was in column C and it all fell into place. Finding what amounted to my second move was the key.

 

[Black Hole]

Easy:

 

[Black Hole]

Moderate:

Spoiler

D1=1
[C1 E1]=[4 5] ∴︎ A1=2 B1=3
[A3 E3]=[4 5] ∴︎ [B3 C3 D3]=[1 2 3] T D3=3
[D2 D4]=[4 5] ∴︎ D5=2 E5=1 E4=2 A5=3...

 

[EEPhil]

Easy:

Did that one, without mistakes and without guessing, in the paper itself.

Moderate:

Downloaded for later when I've finished other tasks.

 

[Black Hole]

Easy:

 

[EEPhil]

Easy:

First six numbers very easy!

 

[Black Hole]

Moderate-:

 

[Black Hole]

 

[EEPhil]

Moderate-:

I'd agree with that.

 

[Black Hole]

Easy+:

 

[Black Hole]

I haven't cracked today's yet, but it's looking "hard" to "tough":

 

[EEPhil]

Easy+:

Haven't managed it so far.

I haven't cracked today's yet, but it's looking "hard" to "tough

Looks like I'll be using the blunderbuss approach then. (Not meant to be a reference to a certain A B de P J, but if the cap fits...)

 

[EEPhil]

Cracked both of them.
Saturday: needed a guess on top of column D and got it right first time.
Today: Got stuck after entering two values in column D. Guessed rest of D and got it wrong. Guessed again and it worked.

 

[Black Hole]

Cracked both of them.

"Cracked"? You've found a solution, sure, but hardly cracked if you failed to find the logic to the solution..

I haven't cracked today's yet, but it's looking "hard" to "tough":

I'll say "hard".

Got stuck after entering two values in column D. Guessed rest of D and got it wrong. Guessed again and it worked.

Spoiler: No guessing required!

D1=5 D2=1 A5=4
[C1 C3 C5]=[1 2 3] ∴︎ [C2 C4]=[4 5]
[A4 C4 D4]=[3 4 5] ∴︎ B4=2...

 

[Black Hole]

Moderate-:

 

[EEPhil]

Moderate

I'll have a go later. Damned Morrisons hadn't got many papers this morning. It was The Scum or the local rag.

 

[Black Hole]

Moderate

No, I said Moderate-

 

[prpr]

Perhaps you should have used parentheses (or a space).

 

[Black Hole]

Easy:

 

[EEPhil]

I've found neither easy.