There are saints and then there are Saints and then there are SAINTS: those tireless people who volunteer time to keep Perl Monks tidy, well organized, and functioning: the members of the various Cabal groups.
So in honor of and gratitude for those people without whom Perl Monks could not survive I decided to modify my solution to magic squares generate Sudoko fill-in-the-blank magic square puzzles. I then ran the names of every Cabal member who belongs to two or more Cabal groups. Turns out some of them have a sudoku puzzle with their name written on it (sadly not all).
Each puzzle has the letters of the person's name in the center and one block with a magic square placed in a random location (i.e. not necessarily the center). The 9 letters that should be used to fill the puzzle can be determined from the cell containing the magic square. Rows, columns, and blocks must all add to the same sum (puzzle length diagonals do not need to). Have fun!
Wishing all a wonderful spring holiday - Easter, Pesach or whatever brings you joy! Beth
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The following monks belonging to two or more cabal groups but did not have magic squares. Many thanks all the same for making Perl Monks such a wonderful place.
ambrus (1 13 2 18 21 19) Arunbear (1 18 21 14 2 5 1 18) athomason (1 20 8 15 13 1 19 15 14) castaway (3 1 19 20 1 23 1 25) chromatic (3 8 18 15 13 1 20 9 3) Corion (3 15 18 9 15 14) davido (4 1 22 9 4 15) davorg (4 1 22 15 18 7) demerphq (4 5 13 5 18 16 8 17) dfaure (4 6 1 21 18 5) dvergin (4 22 5 18 7 9 14) footpad (6 15 15 20 16 1 4) GrandFather (7 18 1 14 4 6 1 20 8 5 18) gryphon (7 18 25 16 8 15 14) jdporter (10 4 16 15 18 20 5 18) liverpole (12 9 22 5 18 16 15 12 5) McDarren (13 3 4 1 18 18 5 14) mikfire (13 9 11 6 9 18 5) Petruchio (16 5 20 18 21 3 8 9 15) planetscape (16 12 1 14 5 20 19 3 1 16 5) theorbtwo (20 8 5 15 18 2 20 23 15) turnstep (20 21 18 14 19 20 5 16) tye (20 25 5) VSarkiss (22 19 1 18 11 9 19 19) ybiC (25 2 9 3)
Best, beth
Update 1: modified (temporarily I hope) until I have a chance this evening to turn these into true sudoku puzzles.
Update 2: replaced magic squares with sudoku puzzles. My apologies for the earlier mistake.
In reply to Sudoku for Saints by ELISHEVA
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