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Today’s puzzle is a diagonal Kendoku variant. In addition to all other standard Kendoku rules, there is one extra for this puzzle: the numbers cannot be repeated on either diagonal, just like they can’t be repeated on any row/column. This is marked in the puzzle with an “X” across.

I’m posting two versions of the same puzzle: one with all operators filled in and one with very few operators. Choose the one you prefer. The one with reduced number of operators is obviously more difficult, but solvable!

9×9 Kendoku X (Diagonal) for Monday, October 6, 2008.

Click to download the puzzle in your favorite format:

ALL OPERATORS version:

REDUCED OPERATORS version:

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png solution – final

Questions, comments and suggestions are more than welcome!