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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:39 pm    Post subject: Free Press Jan 29, 2010 |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | Puzzle: FP012910 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . . . | 5 . . |
 | 8 1 . | 4 . . | 3 . 9 |
 | . 6 5 | . 2 . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | 9 . . | 5 . . | . . . |
 | 7 . 4 | . . . | 8 1 3 |
 | . . . | . . 7 | . . 6 |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . 9 . | . 3 . |
 | 6 . 1 | . . 4 | . 7 8 |
 | . . 8 | . . . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
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 Easier, I thought, than Thursday's.
 
 Keith
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:40 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| After basics:  	  | Code: |  	  | *--------------------------------------------------* | 34   7    9    | 16   8    36   | 5    24   124  |
 | 8    1    2    | 4    7    5    | 3    6    9    |
 | 34   6    5    | 19   2    39   | 147  8    147  |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 9    8    6    | 5    3    1    | 47   24   247  |
 | 7    5    4    | 29   6    29   | 8    1    3    |
 | 1    2    3    | 8    4    7    | 9    5    6    |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 25   4    7    | 26   9    8    | 16   3    15   |
 | 6    9    1    | 3    5    4    | 2    7    8    |
 | 25   3    8    | 7    1    26   | 46   9    45   |
 *--------------------------------------------------*
 
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 A linked skyscraper?
  	  | Quote: |  	  | (1=6)r1c4-(6)r7c4=(6-1)r7c7=(1)r3c7 => r1c9,r3c4<>1
 
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:04 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| M-wing:  16 are a complementary pair, pincers in R1C4, R7C9 take out 1 in R1C9, revealing a pair 24 in R1 ... 
 There are also a couple of UR eliminations, which I think do not help.
 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:13 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| It seems that the M-Wing sets up a Type 1 UR on 24. Without it, the Type 4 UR on 24 sets up the easiest BUG+2 you'll ever see. 
 (Are you saying the M-Wing by itself solves the puzzle?)
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| (1=6)r1c4-(6)r7c4=(6-1)r7c7=(1)r3c7 	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | (Are you saying the M-Wing by itself solves the puzzle?) | 
 => r1c9,r3c4<>1
 Did it for me.
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		| storm_norm 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:46 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| yep, the M-wing solves it. 
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:48 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| The M-wing puts the pair 24 in R1C89, and solves R1C1 as 3.  The puzzle is done! 
 Keith
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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:48 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  | (1=6)r1c4-(6)r7c4=(6-1)r7c7=(1)r3c7 	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | (Are you saying the M-Wing by itself solves the puzzle?) | 
 => r1c9,r3c4<>1
 Did it for me.
 
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 Dan, adding spaces and using one line would make your M-Wing easier to recognize as two candidate values across four cells.
 
 (1=6)r1c4 - (6)r7c4 = (6-1)r7c7 = (1)r3c7 => r1c9,r3c4<>1
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:36 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | daj95376 wrote: |  	  | adding spaces and using one line would make your M-Wing easier to recognize as two candidate values across four cells. 
 (1=6)r1c4 - (6)r7c4 = (6-1)r7c7 = (1)r3c7 => r1c9,r3c4<>1
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 Thanks Danny, it does look better. I am not much on patterns. Ididn't know whether it was an m-wing, gm-wing, skyscraper with connections or just an AIC.
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		| storm_norm 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:44 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  |  	  | daj95376 wrote: |  	  | adding spaces and using one line would make your M-Wing easier to recognize as two candidate values across four cells. 
 (1=6)r1c4 - (6)r7c4 = (6-1)r7c7 = (1)r3c7 => r1c9,r3c4<>1
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 Thanks Danny, it does look better. I am not much on patterns. Ididn't know whether it was an m-wing, gm-wing, skyscraper with connections or just an AIC.
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 don't mean to fry your noodle anymore, but you could make a case for the chain to be all of them.
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:48 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I believe that the UR24 is a one-stepper. 
 UR24[(1)r1c9 = (7)r4c9]r14c89 - (7=4)r4c7 - (4=6)r9c7 - (6=1)r7c7; r3c7|r7c9<>1
 
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