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3 Newspaper Sudoku Templates

Three newspaper sudoku templates for people who miss the printed page — a Risograph card in pink and blue, a stark Brutalist bulletin, and a Swiss editorial layout. The same 9×9 puzzle, set like a broadsheet rather than an app.

Pick a style

Print a newspaper sudoku sheet

Choose a template and difficulty; the preview is the printed page. Large print is worth a look for the broadsheet feel.

Style
Difficulty
Puzzles per page
Pages
2 pages2 puzzles + answers

Full 9×9, single-solution verified, difficulty graded by the technique each puzzle actually needs — wrapped in a vintage card. The puzzle in the preview is #1 in your PDF.

Preview — The Bulletin · Medium
THE.BULLETIN/v1.0EDITION 00471SUDOKUA NUMBER-PLACEMENT PUZZLE. NO FRILLS INCLUDED. READ TWICE.6983749821574891397228579873124397948>> PRINT, PLAY, RECYCLE. DO NOT LAMINATE.
Puzzle M-2370453935 — this exact puzzle prints as #1 in your PDF
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What you print

The three newspaper sudoku editions, printed

Page one of each edition at Medium. The Daily is the one that looks most like the puzzle page you used to clip; The Bulletin is the wire-service teletype version.

Newspaper sudoku sheet set in stark black monospace type with horizontal rules and wire-service tags framing the 9×9 grid

The Bulletin

Monospace wire-service bulletin.
Newspaper sudoku sheet on cream newsprint with a bold SUDOKU! masthead and translucent pink and blue Risograph ink blobs behind the grid

The Gazette

Halftone newsprint in pink and blue.
Clean broadsheet-style sudoku sheet titled The Daily in Helvetica with a large red 81 figure, a one-line rules note and the grid set like a newspaper puzzle page

The Daily

Swiss broadsheet with a red rule.
Why a newspaper frame

Newspaper sudoku for the coffee-and-paper ritual without the subscription

Most people who search for a newspaper sudoku are not after the artwork; they are after the ritual. A puzzle on paper, a pen, a mug, and no screen. These three editions set the same technique-graded 9×9 the way a puzzle page sets it, with a masthead and rules instead of an app's chrome, so the sheet feels like the paper did. Print a few at Medium, fold them, and the commute is covered for a week.

The Daily Sudoku on this site takes the idea further: one numbered edition a day with a date stamp, in five difficulty lines, with every past edition archived. This page is for choosing your own difficulty and printing a stack; the Daily is for the one-a-day habit. Both print the answer small on the back so the front stays clean.

More in this set

Every printable sudoku on this site

Every sudoku template on this site prints the same technique-graded 9×9 puzzle — only the frame around it changes. Pick the one that matches the occasion, or start from a blank sudoku template and write your own.

Questions

Newspaper sudoku questions

Which edition looks most like the real newspaper puzzle?
The Daily: Helvetica, a single red rule, the grid set where a puzzle page would put it. The Gazette is a print-shop Risograph look and The Bulletin is teletype monospace; both are newspaper-adjacent rather than a copy of a broadsheet.
Is the newspaper sudoku the same difficulty as a real paper's?
Usually more consistent. Papers often grade by give-away count; this site grades by the technique the puzzle needs, so a Medium here always has one locked-candidate step and never turns out to be a disguised Hard.
Can I get a numbered daily edition instead of printing my own?
Yes. The Daily Sudoku on this site issues one dated edition a day in Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert and Sadistic lines, with an archive going back to edition one. This page is for printing a batch at any difficulty on demand.
Do these editions use much ink?
Very little. All three were designed ink-light: The Bulletin is black type on white, The Daily is mostly white space, and The Gazette's halftone is a light screen. A mono laser handles every one of them.
Is there a large print newspaper sudoku?
Turn on large print in the generator and any edition prints one big grid per page. The Daily line is already large format. For an even bigger grid with plain rules, the large print sudoku page has one-per-page packs.
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Updated September 2026