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Sunday, October 4, 2026 · edited by Ian Livengood

Easy 4 · Medium 7 · Hard 14 dominoes. The hard board has 18 regions and 2 doubles.

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 (4 dominoes · by Ian Livengood)

Easy Pips for October 4, 2026, solved=979

Where each domino goes

  1. 4–2: 4 on R1C3, 2 on R1C2
  2. 2–2: 2 on R1C1, 2 on R2C1
  3. 5–6: 5 on R3C1, 6 on R3C2
  4. 3–5: 3 on R3C3, 5 on R2C3

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2 (all the same number): 2 + 2
  • R1C3, R2C3 (must total 9): 4 + 5 = 9
  • R2C1, R3C1 (must total 7): 2 + 5 = 7
  • R3C2, R3C3 (must total 9): 6 + 3 = 9

Medium Pips answer (7 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Medium Pips for October 4, 2026, solved<3≠>3=121

Where each domino goes

  1. 1–3: 1 on R5C4, 3 on R4C4
  2. 4–2: 4 on R2C4, 2 on R1C4
  3. 6–5: 6 on R3C1, 5 on R3C2
  4. 5–3: 5 on R2C3, 3 on R2C2
  5. 5–1: 5 on R4C2, 1 on R4C1
  6. 2–3: 2 on R5C3, 3 on R4C3
  7. 5–5: 5 on R3C3, 5 on R3C4

Every region, checked

  • R1C4 (must total less than 3): 2
  • R2C2, R2C3, R2C4 (all different numbers): 3 + 5 + 4
  • R3C1 (must total more than 3): 6
  • R3C2, R3C3, R3C4, R4C2 (all the same number): 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
  • R4C1 (must total 1): 1
  • R5C3 (must total 2): 2
  • R5C4 (must total 1): 1

Hard Pips answer (14 dominoes · by Rodolfo Kurchan)

Hard Pips for October 4, 2026, solved38<23=2≠2=<2>5≠033

Where each domino goes

  1. 6–3: 6 on R5C2, 3 on R4C2
  2. 4–2: 4 on R6C6, 2 on R5C6
  3. 5–1: 5 on R5C4, 1 on R4C4
  4. 0–3: 0 on R6C1, 3 on R6C2
  5. 4–5: 4 on R2C5, 5 on R2C4
  6. 5–3: 5 on R1C3, 3 on R2C3
  7. 2–3: 2 on R2C6, 3 on R1C6
  8. 1–3: 1 on R5C3, 3 on R6C3
  9. 2–0: 2 on R2C2, 0 on R1C2
  10. 4–4: 4 on R3C1, 4 on R4C1
  11. 3–4: 3 on R1C1, 4 on R2C1
  12. 2–2: 2 on R3C6, 2 on R4C6
  13. 0–5: 0 on R5C5, 5 on R6C5
  14. 1–0: 1 on R1C4, 0 on R1C5

Every region, checked

  • R1C1, R1C2 (must total 3): 3 + 0 = 3
  • R1C3, R2C3 (must total 8): 5 + 3 = 8
  • R1C4 (must total less than 2): 1
  • R1C5, R1C6 (must total 3): 0 + 3 = 3
  • R2C1, R3C1, R4C1 (all the same number): 4 + 4 + 4
  • R2C2 (must total 2): 2
  • R2C4, R2C5 (all different numbers): 5 + 4
  • R2C6 (must total 2): 2
  • R3C6, R4C6, R5C6 (all the same number): 2 + 2 + 2
  • R4C4 (must total less than 2): 1
  • R5C2 (must total more than 5): 6
  • R5C3, R5C4 (all different numbers): 1 + 5
  • R5C5 (must total 0): 0
  • R6C1, R6C2 (must total 3): 0 + 3 = 3
  • R6C3 (must total 3): 3
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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