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		Earl
 
 
  Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Victoria, KS
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:10 pm    Post subject: Oct 11 DB | 
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				The October 11 DB offers two UR's.  One is a dead end, the other solves the puzzle.  Guess which one I took first?
 
 
 
Earl
 
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | 7 . . | . 5 . |
 
| 8 . . | . 3 6 | 9 . . |
 
| 4 6 . | . 5 . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 2 | . . . | . . 4 |
 
| 3 . 9 | 6 . 2 | 1 . 5 |
 
| 6 . . | . . . | 2 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . 9 . | . 2 6 |
 
| . . 6 | 3 7 . | . . 1 |
 
| . 7 . | . . 1 | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:04 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Yes, the two URs were very obvious and I didn't see anything to suggest either was a one trick pony. Really not that good a puzzle.
 
 
I also found a short xy-chain that was another one-tricker.
 
 
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		storm_norm
 
 
  Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1741
 
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:18 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| lower right UR for me | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
  Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:30 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		  +-------------+-------------+-------------+
 
| 19  139 13  | 7   2   4   | 6   5   8   | 
 
| 8   2   5   | 1   3   6   | 9   4   7   | 
 
| 4   6   7   | 8   5   9   | 3   1   2   | 
 
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
 
| 7   5   2   | 9   1   3   | 8   6   4   | 
 
| 3   48  9   | 6   48  2   | 1   7   5   | 
 
| 6   148 148 | 5   48  7   | 2   39  39  | 
 
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| 15  138 138 | 4   9   58  | 7   2   6   | 
 
| 2  48-9 6   | 3   7   58@ | 45# 89@ 1   | 
 
| 59@ 7   48  | 2   6   1   | 45# 389 3-9 | 
 
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There is a W-wing type thing that solves it:
 
 
The cells <58> <89> in R8 form a pseudo-cell <59>.  It is connected to the <59> in R9 by the strong link on <4> in C7.  Taking out <9> in R8C2 and R9C9.
 
 
Either:  R9C1 is <9>, or;  R9C1 is <5> and then R8C8 is <9>.
 
 
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