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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:35 am    Post subject: An unusual ending |   |  
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				| This is from Vanhegan: Keith 	  | Code: |  	  | Puzzle: VH121609vh +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 8 . | 2 . . | . . . |
 | . . 9 | . 5 4 | . . 1 |
 | . . 2 | . 7 9 | 3 5 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 9 6 | . . . | . . 2 |
 | . 1 3 | . . . | 4 7 . |
 | 4 . . | . . . | 5 3 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 3 4 | 5 9 . | 1 . . |
 | 2 . . | 4 1 . | 9 . . |
 | . . . | . . 7 | . 4 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:38 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Let's see if we had the same ending. 
 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | After basics the grid was a BUG+2. In both cells the DP killer was a 6; the two of them acted as pincers and finished the puzzle | 
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:07 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Marty, 
 That is how I solved it.
 
 Keith
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:56 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Another unusual one step ending is a useless skyscraper on 6 in r29c2. However extending the pincer 6 in r9c4 to r1c6 via r8c6 does the trick. 
 Ted
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:40 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Ted, just from a terminology standpoint, if you see the term "multi-coloring" in my posts, it's probably a skyscraper or kite with pincer extension. When I first learned multi-coloring it was defined as two coloring chains, weakly linked. Which is basically the same thing but I tend to use the language I was originally taught. |  | 
	
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		| wapati 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:43 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | Ted, just from a terminology standpoint, if you see the term "multi-coloring" in my posts, it's probably a skyscraper or kite with pincer extension. When I first learned multi-coloring it was defined as two coloring chains, weakly linked. Which is basically the same thing but I tend to use the language I was originally taught. | 
 
 Multi-coloring was not mentioned here until your post,  I am confused.
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:05 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | wapati wrote: |  	  | Multi-coloring was not mentioned here until your post,  I am confused. | 
 
 Maybe "multi-coloring" was not mentioned in this thread, but a skyscraper is multi-coloring, and a skyscraper with pincer extension is also multi-coloring.
 
 Keith
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