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Enigma Number 1584

By Adrian Somerfield

24 February 2010

Trisquare

I invite you to place a digit in each of the nine spaces in a 3 × 3 array so that each digit occurs its own number of times (e.g. if 3 occurs it must occur exactly three times). You can then read eight numbers: three across, three down, and two diagonals read from the top down.

What will be the sum of all the digits used if all these numbers are different and the sum cannot be written using digits from the square?

WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened…

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