Gentle large-print Sudoku, to print

Six large-print Sudoku puzzles for people new to the game, or who want a relaxed one. Each starts with plenty of numbers and can be solved step by step, with no guessing.

Who these puzzles are for

For first-timers, for grandparents learning alongside grandchildren, for activity directors who want a puzzle nearly everyone in the room can finish, and for anyone who wants to wind down with something calm.

Gentle puzzles only ever need the simplest moves: finding a square where just one number fits, or a number with only one place left in its box, row or column.

How to solve a Sudoku

Every row, every column and every 3 × 3 box must hold the numbers 1 to 9 exactly once. You never need to guess.

• Look at a square and ask which numbers its row, column and box already use. If only one is left, write it in.
• Pick a number, say 5, and look at one 3 × 3 box. If a 5 elsewhere rules out all but one square in that box, the 5 goes there.
• Use a pencil, and keep the eraser handy. Lightly writing the possible numbers in a square, a “pencil note”, is how most solvers work.
• Stuck? Take a break, then look at a different row or box. A fresh look finds what a tired one misses.

About these puzzles

The numbers are printed bold and big, about 30 points tall, in a grid more than six inches across. These six start with 39 to 42 numbers already filled in. Every puzzle has exactly one answer, and each was checked to be solvable by logic alone.

Printing tips

• In the print window, choose Letter or A4 paper. Both are set up to fit, and each puzzle always fits on one page.
• Leave the scale at 100% (“Default” or “Actual size”), and turn Headers and footers off, so the page is clean.
• Black and white is fine. The answer key uses bold type rather than color, so it still reads clearly on a plain printer.
• The answer key is always the second page. Ask the printer for page 1 only if you want to keep it back.

More printables

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• Medium large-print Sudoku
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• Fall and Harvest word search
• Christmas word search
• Winter word search
• Hanukkah word search
• New Year word search
• All printable puzzles

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