B.Dazzle Scramble Squares: Wolves

Wolves--feared and revered by humans for centuries--adorn this version of the Scramble Squares challenge. Easy to Play but Hard to Solve is the motto for this deceptively simple-looking puzzle. By the time you've become addicted and find yourself unable to solve the thing you'll realize it's not so much a motto as a warning. Nine colorfully illustrated cardboard 4-by-4-inch squares depict various unfinished images of wolves along their edges. The images must be matched and the nine squares arranged in a larger square. An ingenious elegantly executed puzzle idea Scramble Squares will have you simultaneously blessing and cursing its inventor. --Claire Dederer