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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: New York Times December Hard, aka Difficult | 
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				If someone wants to take a peek and see if there's a way these can be exported, please post it. Also, does anyone see an archive?
 
 
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/sudoku/hard.html
 
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . 5 3 | 7 . . | . . 6 |
 
| . . . | . . . | . 1 8 |
 
| . . . | 3 . . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 2 | . . 1 | . . 4 |
 
| . . 9 | . 8 . | . . . |
 
| 3 . . | . 7 . | . . 1 |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . . . | . 9 . |
 
| . 1 . | 2 . 5 | . . . |
 
| . . 4 | . . . | 6 5 . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site | 
			 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:27 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I clicked on your link and found nothing but instructions. My browser blocks pop-ups and Java. Or, a person may need to subscribe to the site to get the puzzle(s). Bottom Line: nada from my perspective. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:06 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Marty,
 
 
I can see no way to capture these.  Also, they are sort of bogus.  The NY Times does not have sudoku puzzles in the paper - you can get some 3rd-party ones on their online site.
 
 
Keith | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:48 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | keith wrote: | 	 		  Marty,
 
 
I can see no way to capture these.  Also, they are sort of bogus.  The NY Times does not have sudoku puzzles in the paper - you can get some 3rd-party ones on their online site.
 
 
Keith | 	  
 
I should have said newyorktimes.com puzzle. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
  Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:21 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  | I should have said newyorktimes.com puzzle. | 	  
 
 
Maybe.  I don't think it matters.  
 
 
Also, I don't see any archive.  Or discussion, for that matter.
 
 
Keith | 
			 
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		Pat
 
 
  Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 207
 
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				 Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:01 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | keith wrote: | 	 		  I can see no way to capture these
 
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no archive,
 
 
but if you mean to capture the current puzzle --
 
the "Print" icon ( above the puzzle ) provides a PDF.
 
 
and the URL for the PDF
 
contains the puzzle in text format ( transposed )
 
 
e.g. today's "Difficult" as taken from the URL0+2+0+0+0+8+0+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+0+7+4+0+8+0+0+9+0+3+0+0+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+0+0+7+0+9+0+0+0+0+5+0+0+0+7+0+5+2+4+0+0+0+6+8+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+5+0+0+0+0+0+6+0+0+0+0+0+8+6+0+2+0+5 transpose ==>   	  | Code: | 	 		  
 
 . . 8 | . . . | 6 5 . 
 
 2 1 . | . 9 7 | 8 . . 
 
 . . . | 1 . . | . . . 
 
-------+-------+------
 
 . . 9 | . . 5 | . . 8 
 
 . . . | . . 2 | . . 6 
 
 8 . 3 | . . 4 | . . . 
 
-------+-------+------
 
 . 7 . | . 5 . | . 6 2 
 
 . 4 . | . . . | . . . 
 
 . . . | 7 . . | . . 5 
 
 
 | 	  Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
 
i liked the earlier puzzle, which needs 2 moves;
 
today's puzzle is not interesting, it only needs 1 move. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:33 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| For the puzzle I posted I used three moves, a 67 DP, XY-Wing (369) and M-Wing (46) | 
			 
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		Pat
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:01 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  For the puzzle I posted
 
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 . 5 3 | 7 . . | . . 6 
 
 . . . | . . . | . 1 8 
 
 . . . | 3 . . | . . . 
 
-------+-------+------
 
 . . 2 | . . 1 | . . 4 
 
 . . 9 | . 8 . | . . . 
 
 3 . . | . 7 . | . . 1 
 
-------+-------+------
 
 . . . | . . . | . 9 . 
 
 . 1 . | 2 . 5 | . . . 
 
 . . 4 | . . . | 6 5 . 
 
 
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I used three moves,
 
a 67 DP, XY-Wing (369) and M-Wing (46) | 	  
 
 
they posted it as "Difficult" so you assumed it is ?
 
 
needs just 2 basic moves 	  | Code: | 	 		  
 
 . 5 3 | 7 1 . | . . 6 
 
 . . . | . . . | 3 1 8 
 
 . . 1 | 3 . . | 5 7 9 
 
-------+-------+------
 
 . . 2 | . . 1 | . . 4 
 
 1 . 9 | . 8 . | . . 5 
 
 3 . . | . 7 . | . . 1 
 
-------+-------+------
 
 . . . | 8 . . | 1 9 . 
 
 . 1 . | 2 . 5 | . . . 
 
 . . 4 | 1 . . | 6 5 . 
 
 
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b9 8: in r8 --> c3 8
 
 
and soon --
 
in c2, a "naked" trio --> r3c2 | 
			 
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		Champion1
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:23 am    Post subject:  | 
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				The NY Times does not have sudoku puzzles in the paper - you can get some 3rd-party ones on their online site. ????
 
 
 
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		Champion1
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:29 am    Post subject: Nice | 
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				Marty, 
 
 
I can see no way to capture these. Also, they are sort of bogus. The NY Times does not have sudoku puzzles in the paper - you can get some 3rd-party ones on their online site. 
 
 
 
 
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		dongrave
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Nice | 
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				 	  | Champion1 wrote: | 	 		  Marty, 
 
 
I can see no way to capture these. Also, they are sort of bogus. The NY Times does not have sudoku puzzles in the paper - you can get some 3rd-party ones on their online site. 
 
 
 
 
== www.solitairecardgame.org == | 	  
 
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