Sudoku Sunday: Killer Sudoku for week 41, 2024

Start your Sunday morning by teasing your brain with this Killer Sudoku puzzle.

The Killer Sudoku puzzle

Tips to solve

Are you stuck? Here are a few pointers to get you going. 

• There are 5 combinations for 3, 4, 16 and 17 you can pencil in. There are also 2 combinations of 3 for sums 6 and 24 you can pencil in. 
• Once you've done that, the combination for 3 in TRLC (Top Row, Left Colum) excludes both 1 and 2 from the bottom row in TRRC in the combination for 6. Similarly, the combination for 24 in BRLC excludes the 9 from the combination for 17 in BRRC.
• Use the 45-rule to fill in combination for 8 in BRRC (Bottom Row, Right Column) and the combination for 10 in TRLC.
• In MRRC (Middle Row, Right Column), you can now exclude one of the possible combinations for sum 5. This only leaves only 1 possible combination for sum 8 in BRRC.
• From here, you can at least pencil in all numbers in the Right Column using the row strategy. Once you're done doing that, you will have filled in 19 definite numbers in that column, leaving only 4 combinations pencilled.

The final solution

Done? Or want to sneak a peek?

Here is the solution to solve this Killer Sudoku puzzle!