Kearney Kakuro Mystery Cache

As with most puzzle caches, the listed coordinates are not the cache location, in order to find the cache you will have to solve the puzzle. If sudoku is to your liking, then you might enjoy another Japanese game known as Kakuro.

Kakuro is the big brother to sudoku and can be a real bear when it comes to getting the correct answer. This particular puzzle is not designed to be difficult, but hopefully it won't be a 'walk in the park' either. The concept of kakuro is simple, the given number is the sum, and the blank boxes below or to the right (the run) must add to the sum. The 'sum box' is split in half, the top number coincides with the 'run' to the right while the bottom number coincides with the 'run' below it. Just like sudoku, you can not repeat a number in a run, although it may be repeated in a column or row.

Example: You may encounter a sum of 6 with a run of two boxes. The numbers adding to six are 1+5 or 2+4. The number three can not be used twice, so it is automatically eliminated. Another example may be a sum of 7 with a run of three. There is only one solution 1,2,4. Which order they appear in all depends on the puzzle though! For a better, more detailed tutorial do a Google search and you will soon be knee deep with information.

Solve the attached puzzle and fill in the corresponding numbers to the letters to find the final cache. You can also download a version of the puzzle without the coordinate letters if you visit the gallery.

We have designed this cache after a cache we created in Missoula,Montana.