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Saturday, October 3, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Today's Pips: easy has 5 dominoes, medium has 7 dominoes, hard has 14 dominoes; the hard board is by Rodolfo Kurchan.

Cells are written row then column from the top-left (R1C1). Each domino is read in the Times’ own orientation: its first number on the first cell listed.

Easy Pips answer (5 dominoes · by Ian Livengood)

Easy Pips for October 3, 2026, solved>4=8=<16

Where each domino goes

  1. 2–1: 2 on R2C3, 1 on R2C2
  2. 1–5: 1 on R1C2, 5 on R1C1
  3. 2–0: 2 on R4C2, 0 on R4C1
  4. 6–4: 6 on R3C3, 4 on R4C3
  5. 6–6: 6 on R2C4, 6 on R3C4

Every region, checked

  • R1C1 (must total more than 4): 5
  • R1C2, R2C2 (all the same number): 1 + 1
  • R2C3, R3C3 (must total 8): 2 + 6 = 8
  • R2C4, R3C4 (all the same number): 6 + 6
  • R4C1 (must total less than 1): 0
  • R4C2, R4C3 (must total 6): 2 + 4 = 6

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for October 3, 2026, solved=<566≠>02<5

Where each domino goes

  1. 6–3: 6 on R2C3, 3 on R1C3
  2. 1–0: 1 on R1C2, 0 on R1C1
  3. 0–2: 0 on R4C2, 2 on R4C3
  4. 5–4: 5 on R4C4, 4 on R4C5
  5. 0–0: 0 on R2C1, 0 on R3C1
  6. 4–2: 4 on R3C3, 2 on R3C4
  7. 5–6: 5 on R3C2, 6 on R2C2

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R2C1, R3C1 (all the same number): 0 + 0 + 0
  • R1C2, R1C3 (must total less than 5): 1 + 3 = 4
  • R2C2 (must total 6): 6
  • R2C3 (must total 6): 6
  • R3C2, R4C2, R4C3 (all different numbers): 5 + 0 + 2
  • R3C3 (must total more than 0): 4
  • R3C4 (must total 2): 2
  • R4C5 (must total less than 5): 4

Hard Pips answer (14 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 3, 2026, solved>4108>34==35310022

Where each domino goes

  1. 5–5: 5 on R2C7, 5 on R3C7
  2. 3–5: 3 on R1C6, 5 on R1C7
  3. 5–2: 5 on R4C7, 2 on R5C7
  4. 1–3: 1 on R3C2, 3 on R2C2
  5. 2–0: 2 on R5C6, 0 on R5C5
  6. 4–5: 4 on R2C1, 5 on R1C1
  7. 3–4: 3 on R5C1, 4 on R5C2
  8. 2–4: 2 on R5C3, 4 on R5C4
  9. 2–1: 2 on R4C4, 1 on R3C4
  10. 1–0: 1 on R1C2, 0 on R1C3
  11. 0–5: 0 on R3C5, 5 on R4C5
  12. 4–1: 4 on R1C5, 1 on R1C4
  13. 3–3: 3 on R3C1, 3 on R4C1
  14. 3–6: 3 on R4C6, 6 on R3C6

Every region, checked

  • R1C1 (must total more than 4): 5
  • R1C2 (must total 1): 1
  • R1C3 (must total 0): 0
  • R1C6, R1C7 (must total 8): 3 + 5 = 8
  • R2C1 (must total more than 3): 4
  • R2C2, R3C2 (must total 4): 3 + 1 = 4
  • R2C7, R3C7, R4C7 (all the same number): 5 + 5 + 5
  • R3C1, R4C1, R5C1 (all the same number): 3 + 3 + 3
  • R3C4, R4C4 (must total 3): 1 + 2 = 3
  • R4C5 (must total 5): 5
  • R4C6 (must total 3): 3
  • R5C2, R5C3, R5C4 (must total 10): 4 + 2 + 4 = 10
  • R5C5 (must total 0): 0
  • R5C6 (must total 2): 2
  • R5C7 (must total 2): 2
Every cell of an equals region takes one value, so a double laid inside it fills two of its cells at once.
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