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Each set of minuses contains an integer in the range [1,5]. The given numbers are the sum of the surrounding 4 numbers.

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    13     14     11
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    11     10     13
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    11      9     14
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Can you solve the grid?

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  • $\begingroup$ Are there any rules on number of uses of each integer or using the same integer per row/column? $\endgroup$
    – AHKieran
    Dec 11, 2018 at 9:04
  • $\begingroup$ @AHKieran; not yet! $\endgroup$
    – JMP
    Dec 11, 2018 at 9:07

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 2      5      3      1
    13     14     11
 3      3      3      4
    11     10     13
 4      1      3      3
    11      9     14
 5      1      4      4

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    $\begingroup$ Well done! I edited the answer to make it a little more readable. $\endgroup$
    – Christoph
    Dec 11, 2018 at 9:20
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My answer:

Not sure how to format this, but from left to right, then top to bottom, the numbers would be:
2, 5, 5, 1
5, 1, 3, 2
2, 3, 3, 5
5, 1, 2, 4

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  • $\begingroup$ from the looks of it there are multiple solutions, for some reason the other answer didn't appear until after I posted mine... $\endgroup$
    – AHKieran
    Dec 11, 2018 at 9:21
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Its has many solutons, just need to start somewhere

3      3      3       1
   13     14    11
2      5      3       4
   11     10     13
2      1      1       5
   11     9     14
5      3      4       4

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Here is my solution in excel:

solution

If you want to solve it by yourself, here is file 9sum.xlsx.

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    – Christoph
    Dec 11, 2018 at 11:24
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    $\begingroup$ What you could do is take a screenshot of your excel and upload it as an answer $\endgroup$
    – AHKieran
    Dec 11, 2018 at 11:25
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Also this grid is a solution :

2 4 5 2
3 4 1 3
3 1 4 5
4 3 1 4

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  • $\begingroup$ Welcome to Puzzling.SE. Take the tour. I have edited your answer to include it with a spoiler markup >!. $\endgroup$
    – u-ndefined
    Dec 11, 2018 at 10:14
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This was fun!

For my solution, I started in the four corners and worked my way inwards, ignoring the 1-5 constraint. When I had completed the grid without constraints, I again started in the corners to adjust numbers to fit the constraints until all constraints were satisfied. 

-3-    -4-    -4-    -1-
    13     14     11
-1-    -5-    -1-    -5-
    11     10     13
-3-    -2-    -2-    -5-
    11      9     14
-5-    -1-    -4-    -3-

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 2      5      3      2
    13     14     11
 3      3      3      3
    11     10     13
 3      2      2      5
    11      9     14
 4      2      3      4
Given the multiple possible answers, it is possible to add further restrictions, such as using integers from [2, 5] only (this solution qualifies!)

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