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A very nice puzzle I thought, particularly constructing the centre of the grid like that. Thanks Arden.

I was able to solve the initial four quadrants with only a few entries with multiple possibilities. This wasn't much help for the unclued entries, although a relevant wikipedia article cited an example which does feature. I do hope there's an interesting analytical solution, but I used a script to search for the unclued entries (which are unique).

Converting the first grid to the second was a fun second challenge, oddly similar to a very tractable sudoku.

Thanks Arden!

Thanks dodgepot. I see my mistake!

Cockie, I could help you but I won’t. ……….

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I retain my deep dislike of number puzzles, but I'm happy to say that I solved this one without using Excel. Just a calculator and a PDM.

Clever construction, but it's still a number puzzle...

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There was an obvious 6-digit clue to tackle first, and I managed to solve it without too much difficulty (the sum of the 6 digits being 30)

This gave me several digits towards another 6-digit clue but unfortunately I can't find any solutions to this one.

Reluctantly I shall have to give up on this one.

If you are referring to 12a, the sum of digits is not 30

Is it 33?

buzzb

Thanks, that's helpful confirmation of what I suspected.

My 12a has sum of 33, and product of 6048. Is this correct?
I'm hoping not, as I can't find a possible solution to 14a