Samurai Sudoku Competition

Win one of eight copies of The Times 2021 Sudoku calendars!

In this week's competition there was a hard rated Samurai Sudoku to complete.

Courtesy of Carousel Calendars, we have eight copies of next year’s The Times 2021 Daily Sudoku Calendar to give away!

The competition deadline has now passed. We will be announcing the winner shortly.

Please come back soon, as we will be starting a new competition!

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Latest Competition Result

Congratulations to our latest competition winners: Aslynne Howes from Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Dhananjay Khatape from Pune, Maharashtra, India; Rachel Coates from York, UK; Priya Rajan from Neyveli, Tamilnadu, India; Luciano Bassetti from Rome, Italy; Claire Diaz from Manila, Philippines; Sravani Sripada from Hyderabad, Telangana, India and Kathy Teo from Singapore!

The answer to the previous Samurai Sudoku competition was 1755.

Recent Winners

The new year winners for the special prize The Times 2020 Calendar were:

• Sed Holaysan from Cebu City, Philippines;
• Katherine Pek from Singapore;
• Yuvaraj Manimaran from Tiruvannamalai, India;
• Jackie Huang from Mississauga, ON, Canada;
• Lorraine Marshall from Portlaoise, Ireland;
• Manikandan Jaishankar from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;
• Rajnesh Yadav from Rewari, Haryana, India;
• David Spencer from Colchester, Essex, UK.

The new year winners for the special prize The Times 2019 Calendar were:

• Story Zucker from Beavercreek, OH, United States;
• Michalis Alexakis from Heraklion, Crete, Greece;
• Luciano Bassetti from Rome, Italy;
• Rachel Coates from York, UK;
• Fareeha Khalid from Khanpur, Pakistan;
• Dragan Stevanovic from Serbia;
• Sakthi Anandhi from Bangalore, India;
• Sujit Purkayastha from Bangalore, India.

The new year winners for the special prize The Times 2018 Calendar were:

• William Keane from Nikenbah, Queensland, Australia;
• Surya Maurya from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India;
• Chandan Dugh from Punjab, India;
• Rohit Anand from New Delhi, India;
• Chris Farmer from Bosham, West Sussex, UK;
• Siow Sau Ying from Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia;
• Katherine Pek from Singapore;
• Sakthi Anandhi from Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore, India.

The new year winners for the special prize The Times 2017 Calendar were:

• Katherine Pek from Singapore;
• Ashoke Nandy from West Bengal, India;
• David Dowding from London, UK;
• Rekha Mittal from Peterborough, UK;
• Ursula Bingham from Maidstone, Kent, UK;
• Sunita Dsilva from Lima, Peru;
• Priya Rajan from Neyveli, Tamilnadu, India;
• Eng Tay from Singapore.

Recent winners for the New York Post books were:

• Sakthi Anandhi from Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore, India;
• Sravani Sripada from Mysuru, Karnataka, India;
• Denise Ortega from Jersey City, NJ, United States;
• Sam Stewart from Villanova, PA, United States;
• Dhananjay Khatape from Lagos, Nigeria;
• David Workman from Ballymena, UK;
• Rachel Coates from York, UK;
• Santhosh Thirugnanam from Bangalore, India;
• Mick Doyle from Rugby, UK;
• Anne-Marie Mahon from Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, UK;
• Lim Vivian from Singapore;
• Priya Rajan from Neyveli, Tamilnadu, India;
• Neeraj Mishra from Faridabad, Haryana, India;
• Siow Sau Ying from Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;
• Mark Nichols from Rugby, UK;
• George-Manuel Gutau from Franconville, France;
• Nurul Ashikin Mohd Ali from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
• Stuart McNeill from Sale, Cheshire, UK;
• Leon du Preez from Brits, South Africa;
• Simon Collinge from Blackpool, UK;
• Alice Tan from Singapore;
• Bruce Paine from CA, United States;
• Pamela Crampton from Derbyshire, UK;
• Priya Rajan from Tamilnadu, India;
• Luciano Bassetti from Rome, Italy;
• Edward Cwirka from Shokan, NY, United States;
• Larry Mathison from Ocean City, MD, United States;
• Ashley Salas from San Diego, CA, United States;
• Russ Rudd from Brooklyn, MI, United States;
• Fareeha Khalid from Bahawalpur, Pakistan;
• Amit Kumar from Bangalore, India;
• Roselyn Manning from Leeds, UK;
• Pamela Crampton from Derby, UK;
• Lesley Nesbitt from Alnwick, Northumberland, UK;
• Aslynne Howes from Burlington, Ontario, Canada;
• Leonid Kotlyarevsky from Brooklyn, NY, United States;
• Mohd Khairi Bin Md Yunus from Selangor, Malaysia;
• Kim Maberly from Stoke on Trent, UK;
• Eng Tay from Singapore;
• David Spencer from Colchester, UK;
• Fareeha Khalid from Khanpur, Pakistan;
• Despina Daskalopoulou from Xanthi, Greece;
• Kuldeep Singla from New Delhi, India;
• Kamal Lohia from New Delhi, India;
• Sravani Sripada from Hootagalli, Karnataka, India;
• Shareena Kabeer from Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India;
• Larry Mathison from Ocean City, MD, United States;
• Kaatyayani Kothala from Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu, India;
• Tet Voon Hiew from Jln Gadong, Brunei.