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This article shares solutions to three Magic Square puzzles, first published in The Puzzle Edit newsletter, a premium newsletter featuring content only available to Observer subscribers. Each Sunday, puzzle editor Caitlin O’Kane shares new puzzles, plus trends, histories, insights and brain teasers. To sign up, click here.
Magic square puzzles
Magic square solutions
Magic constants:
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A: 130
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B: 322
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C: 105
How to magic square
To construct a 4x4 square, choose any sequence of numbers, put the lowest in the bottom right-hand square, then follow the order of numbering set out below
The pattern for a 5x5 square is below
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