Mini Sudoku (South China Morning Post)

About Mini Sudoku (South China Morning Post)

The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's English-language daily, publishes Mini Sudoku in its SCMP Games section beside its crossword and its Word Search word game. It is sudoku cut down to 6x6: six rows, six columns and six boxes of two by three cells, each to hold the numbers 1 to 6 once.

The game's how-to suggests starting with numbers that can only fit in one spot, and a note function lets you jot candidates into a cell. Reset clears the grid and Save keeps your progress.

Each puzzle is filed under its date, so everyone solving that day has the same grid, and earlier puzzles sit in an archive. The paper says full access to SCMP Games comes with its app or a subscription.

At this size a grid takes a few minutes, which suits a coffee-break solve or a first step towards full 9x9 sudoku.

How to play Mini Sudoku (South China Morning Post)

1. Open today's Mini Sudoku on SCMP Games.
2. Pick a cell and enter a number from 1 to 6.
3. Make sure each number appears once in every row, column and 2x3 box.
4. Use notes to jot down candidates in a cell.
5. Fill the whole grid to solve the day's puzzle.

Tips

• Start with numbers that can only go in one cell of a row, column or box.
• With only six numbers, a box or row with four filled cells leaves just two to place: check those first.

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