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I’m surprised that you enjoy sudoku. I find it quite tedious. Every puzzle is the same. One simply hammers away at it until the numbers fit. I dislike this “brute force” approach.
I prefer word puzzles, where things like vocabulary come into play, such as crosswords and their variations: PennyPress’ Diagramless Crosswords (http://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/Upload/PuzzleFiles/Sample/dgr_p0508_samplepuz.pdf) and Codewords. I especially enjoy puzzles that allow you to take multiple approaches, such as PennyPress’ Anagram Magic Square.
It looks like the links on the last two didn’t work, so I removed them (am I allowed only one link?). Try Google.
Well, I’ll confess one reason I succumbed to the craze due to being exposed to sudoku books pretty much everywhere around the house …
It’s not just a matter of hammering at the numbers, but of looking for patterns and using a variety of tactics. Brute-forcing through sudoku would be pretty tedious.
It’s also a chance to use a different set of mental muscles. And, when it works, it’s a nice victory. I can usually get through a puzzle in a train ride or less. It’s something to do other than read a book (not that there’s anything wrong with reading a book).
Anagramish thing you sent looks interesting, but is probably more mental exercise than I’m usually looking for.
I enjoy crosswords, too, though the difficulty calibration on them is annoying.
Codword: http://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/Upload/PuzzleFiles/Sample/cdw_p0508_samplepuz.pdf
Anagram Magic Square: http://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/Upload/PuzzleFiles/Sample/ang_p0508_samplepuz.pdf