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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:03 pm    Post subject: Set J Puzzle 6 | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		   +-----------------------+
 
 | 8 . 4 | . . . | 1 . . |
 
 | . 2 3 | . . 1 | . 5 . |
 
 | 1 6 5 | . 8 . | . . . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . . . | 8 3 . | . 1 . |
 
 | . . 9 | 2 . . | . 8 . |
 
 | . 1 . | . . 9 | 7 . . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | 3 . . | . . 8 | 9 . . |
 
 | . 9 . | 3 6 . | . . 1 |
 
 | . . . | . . . | . 6 3 |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
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Can be solved using steps from ...
 
 
Basics: Naked/Hidden Single, Naked Pair/Triple, Locked Candidate 1/2
 
 
Basics+: Naked Quad, Hidden Pair/Triple/Quad
 
 
VH: BUG+1, Remote Pair, UR Type 1, X-Wing, XY-Wing
 
 
Advanced: 2-String Kite, Empty Rectangle, Skyscraper, UR Type 2, XYZ-Wing
 
 
Extreme: finned X-Wing, Multiple Colors, M-Wing, W-Wing, XY-Chain
 
 
VH+AE: multi-step VH plus one Advanced and one Extreme step.
 
 
Extreme+: Swordfish, Jellyfish, (but mostly) Chain | 
			 
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		storm_norm
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:41 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		  .---------------------.---------------------.---------------------.
 
| 8      7      4     | 569    259    3     | 1      29     26    |
 
| 9      2      3     | 467    47     1     | 46     5      8     |
 
| 1      6      5     | 49     8      24    | 3      2479   47    |
 
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| 24567  45     27    | 8      3      67    | 2456   1      9     |
 
| 4567   3      9     | 2      1      67    | 456    8      45    |
 
| 26     1      8     | 45     45     9     | 7      3      26    |
 
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| 3      45     6     | 1      247    8     | 9      247    457   |
 
| 2457   9      27    | 3      6      245   | 8      247    1     |
 
| 2457   8      1     | 479    2479   245   | 245    6      3     |
 
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(2)... r9c7 = r4c7 - r6c9 = r6c1; r9c1 <> 2
 
(5)... r4c2 = r7c2 - r7c9 = r5c9; r4c7 <> 5
 
(2)... r9c7 = r7c8 - r3c8 = r3c6; r9c6 <> 2
 
w-wing {4,5}... (4=5)r4c2 - (5)r7c2 = (5)r7c9 - (5=4)r5c9; r4c7 <> 4
 
xy-wing {4,5,9} columns 4 and 5, removes 4 from r6c4 and r2c5 and finishes it. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
  Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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				 Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:06 am    Post subject:  | 
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				XY:  2-67
 
XYZ:  -456
 
SS:  2
 
XYZ:  -457
 
SS:  5
 
SS:  2
 
XY:  -459
 
 
Whew!
 
 
Keith | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I used seven steps, including XYZ, XY, Ws, ERs and finished with the same XY-Wing as Norm and Keith. I don't know what Keith's "SS" stands for. | 
			 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:14 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  | I don't know what Keith's "SS" stands for. | 	  
 
I'm putting my $$$ on Skyscraper. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:57 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | daj95376 wrote: | 	 		   	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  | I don't know what Keith's "SS" stands for. | 	  
 
I'm putting my $$$ on Skyscraper. | 	  
 
Sounds likely. | 
			 
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		wapati
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:00 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I did this one with a skyscraper on 2s,  which sets up an xy-wing on 459.
 
Last,  one more skyscraper on 2s. | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:02 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I was stuck in an ER rut   
 
 
Three ERs on <2> and then a xy-wing459 did the trick.
 
 
Ted | 
			 
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