No. VIII.—A HARDY ANNUAL

A magic square can be formed with the 81 numbers from 172 to 252 inclusive, which in all its rows, columns, and diagonals will total 1908. It may interest our solvers to complete the square.

216	175	224				240	199	248
247	215	174				190	239	207
206	246	214				230	198	238
			213	172	221
			244	212	180
			203	252	211
186	226	194				210	178	218
217	185	234				250	209	177
176	225	184				200	249	208

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We have filled in, as a solid start, 45 of the 81 cells.

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