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Cross Sum · March 9, 2020

Puzzle ID 539 · 6×6 grid

These are the answers to the Puzzle Page Cross Sum for March 9, 2020, puzzle ID 539. The board below is the completed 6×6 grid exactly as it looks in the app once every square is filled .

Cross Sum is one of 20 puzzle types published in Puzzle Page, and this date carried 9 puzzles in total — you can see all of them on the March 9, 2020 page. To work through this game date by date, use the full Cross Sum archive, or step back to March 8, 2020.

Because Cross Sum is solved with digits rather than letters, the board above is the finished arrangement — every cell filled exactly as the app accepts it. Compare a single row or block against your own grid rather than copying the whole thing, and the rest usually falls into place from the constraints you already have.

Puzzle Page numbers each game separately, so the ID on this page belongs to Cross Sum alone — a Sudoku published the same day carries a different one. If the grid here stops matching your screen the app has been updated; say so in the comments and it gets re-checked. Every grid on this site is captured from the finished puzzle rather than copied from another answers site.

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8+3×6=66--+5-2+9=12×++1+4×7=35=3=5=22
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the Puzzle Page Cross Sum answers for March 9, 2020?
They are shown in the completed 6×6 grid above.
What is the puzzle ID for this one?
Puzzle ID 539. Each puzzle type numbers its issues separately, so the same date carries a different ID for every game.
Where are the other puzzles from this date?
On the March 9, 2020 page, which lists all 9 puzzles published that day.
How do I find a different date?
Open the full Cross Sum archive, which lists every date we hold grouped by year.
Can a digit repeat in a run?
No. Digits are unique within each run, though the same digit can appear elsewhere in the grid.
Is zero used?
No, Cross Sum uses the digits 1 to 9.
How many Cross Sum answers are in this archive?
3,033 solved Cross Sum puzzles across 1,795 dates, each stored as the completed number grid exactly as the app shows it once the puzzle is finished.
What is Cross Sum?
A number crossword. Instead of words you enter digits, and each across and down run must add up to the total printed at its start.
Can a digit repeat inside one run?
No. Every digit within a single across or down run is different, which is what limits the possible combinations.
Are zeros used?
No. Only the digits one to nine appear.
How to play

How Puzzle Page Cross Sum Works

A number crossword. Each run of cells must add up to the total shown, using digits that never repeat within the run.

Solve smarter

Tips for Puzzle Page Cross Sum

  1. 1

    Start with runs that have only one possible combination — a two-cell run totalling 4 must be 1+3.

  2. 2

    Intersections are where the puzzle opens up: a digit must satisfy both its across and down run.

  3. 3

    Write candidate sets in the margin for short runs; long runs are rarely worth listing.

  4. 4

    Extreme totals are your friends — the highest and lowest are the most constrained.

  5. 5

    Start where a row clue and a column clue both have few possible combinations. Their overlap is usually a single digit.

  6. 6

    No digit repeats inside one run, so a long run with a low total is heavily constrained and is the right place to begin.

At a glance

Puzzle Page Cross Sum Facts

Puzzle typeCross Sum
DateMarch 9, 2020
Puzzle ID539
Grid size6 x 6
Theme—
Answer words—
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