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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:24 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 11/07/29: ~ XY (difficult?) | 
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 | . . . | . 7 9 | 3 5 6 |
 
 | . 3 9 | . . . | . 7 . |
 
 | . 7 6 | . 5 8 | 9 . 4 |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . . . | 7 . . | . 2 . |
 
 | 6 . 3 | . 8 . | . . . |
 
 | 7 . 5 | . . 2 | . . 8 |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | 4 . 7 | . . . | 5 . . |
 
 | 3 5 . | 6 . . | . 8 . |
 
 | 9 . 8 | . . 7 | . . 3 |
 
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		Luke451
 
 
  Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 310 Location: Southern Northern California
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:09 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Won't even look for a one-shot because I simply cannot resist the little pattern in the first step.
 
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		  *-----------------------------------------------------------*
 
 | 18    48    14    | 2     7     9     | 3     5     6     |
 
 | 5     3     9     | 14    146   146   | 8     7     2     |
 
 | 2     7     6     | 3     5     8     | 9     1     4     |
 
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 
 | 18    489   14    | 7     3     456   | 46    2     59    |
 
 | 6     2     3     | 149   8     15    | 147   49    1579  |
 
 | 7     49    5     | 149   146   2     | 146   3     8     |
 
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 | 4     16    7     | 8     2     3     | 5     69    19    |
 
 | 3     5     2     | 6     9     14    | 147   8     17    |
 
 | 9     16    8     | 5     14    7     | 2     46    3     |
 
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 	  | Quote: | 	 		  (148)BUG-Lite r14c123 =>r4c2=9
 
Any one of the available w-wings mops up. | 	 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:56 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Same as Luke; this type of solution was not expected. | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:06 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I also initially found the BUG-Lite, so I made a second pass and found a xy-wing with a two fins.
 
 
aaxy-wing(46-1)b5q38+r8c6 with two fins:  (5)r4c6 and (4)r6c5; r5c6, r9c5<>1
 
xy-wing (46-1) b5q38+r8c6;
 
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(5)r4c6-(5=9)r4c9-(9=1)r7c9-r8c79=r8c6;
 
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(4)r6c5-(4=9)r6c2-r4c2=r4c9-(9=1)r7c9-r8c79=r8c6;
 
 
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