Sudoku (The Globe and Mail)

About Sudoku (The Globe and Mail)

Sudoku sits on The Globe and Mail's puzzles and crosswords page with the Daily Crossword, the Daily Cryptic, the Globe Mini and Wordfinder. The page sums it up as three difficulty levels: casual to cruel. Choose your difficulty level, then get cracking.

Behind the page, each level has its own puzzle series, and each grid is stored under its date: the easy, medium and hard sudokus for 1 October 2026 are different from those for 2 October. The site works out the date on Toronto time, so readers across Canada see the same grids on the same day.

The rules are standard: fill the 9x9 grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box holds 1 to 9 once. The grids open in an embedded puzzle player in the browser, with no subscription needed.

It suits players who want a free daily sudoku with a clear choice of difficulty, from a quick easy grid over coffee to a hard one for a longer break.

How to play Sudoku (The Globe and Mail)

1. Open Sudoku on The Globe and Mail's puzzles page.
2. Choose easy, medium or hard.
3. Select an empty cell and enter a number from 1 to 9.
4. Make sure each row, column and 3x3 box contains every number once.
5. Finish the grid, then try the next level up.

Tips

• Start with easy to warm up, then move up a level.
• Scan rows, columns and boxes for numbers that can only go in one cell.
• On the hard grid, pencil in candidates early to spot pairs.
• New grids arrive at midnight Eastern time.

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