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		Clement
 
 
  Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1113 Location: Dar es Salaam Tanzania
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				 Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:12 pm    Post subject: Daily Telegraph February 6, 2015 | 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 9 . . | . . . | 3 6 . |
 
| . . . | 8 . 6 | . . . |
 
| . 8 . | . . 1 | . 7 . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 4 | 3 . . | 5 . . |
 
| 5 . 3 | . . . | 2 . 1 |
 
| . . 9 | . . 2 | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 1 6 . | . . . | . 2 . |
 
| . . . | 1 . 3 | . . . |
 
| . 4 2 | . . . | . . 7 |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:42 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| This type of answer often comes back to bite me. The first time I did it on Draw/Play and it was basics only.Then I tried pencil and paper with a little help from Draw/Play and got the same result. | 
			 
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		Clement
 
 
  Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1113 Location: Dar es Salaam Tanzania
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				 Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:37 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  | This type of answer often comes back to bite me. The first time I did it on Draw/Play and it was basics only.Then I tried pencil and paper with a little help from Draw/Play and got the same result. | 	  I also did it twice and came out with the same grid as follows 	  | Code: | 	 		  
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
| 9  5 1 | 2   7   4  | 3   6   8   |
 
| 24 3 7 | 8   59  6  | 149 159 259 |
 
| 24 8 6 | 59  3   1  | 49  7   259 |
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
| 68 2 4 | 3   1   7  | 5   89  69  |
 
| 5  7 3 | 469 689 89 | 2   48  1   |
 
| 68 1 9 | 45  58  2  | 7   3   46  |
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
| 1  6 5 | 7   4   89 | 89  2   3   |
 
| 7  9 8 | 1   2   3  | 6   45  45  |
 
| 3  4 2 | 69  689 5  | 189 19  7   |
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
 | 	  Can any one check it? The puzzle is rated as Diabolical which normally cannot be solved by basics only. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:15 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Like I said, "This type of answer often comes back to bite me." And it came back to bite me.
 
 
I can't see any further basics in your grid. | 
			 
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		Clement
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:58 pm    Post subject: Daily Telegraph February 6, 2015 | 
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+--------+------------+-------------+
 
| 9  5 1 | 2   7   4  | 3   6   8   |
 
| 24 3 7 | 8   59  6  | 149 159 259 |
 
| 24 8 6 | c59  3   1  | 49  7   d259 |
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
| 68 2 4 | 3   1   7  | 5   89  69  |
 
| 5  7 3 | 469 689 89 | 2   48  1   |
 
| 68 1 9 | b45  58  2  | 7   3   fa6-4  |
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
| 1  6 5 | 7   4   89 | 89  2   3   |
 
| 7  9 8 | 1   2   3  | 6   45  e45  |
 
| 3  4 2 | 69  689 5  | 189 19  7   |
 
+--------+------------+-------------+
 
 | 	  There being no further basics
 
4r6c9=(4=5)r6c4-r3c4=r3c9-(5=4r8c9-(4)r6c9 => -4r6c9; stte | 
			 
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