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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:18 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 10/04/14 (C) |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------------------+ | . . . | 4 . . | . . . |
 | . 3 . | 1 . 7 | . 5 4 |
 | . . 4 | . . . | . 2 1 |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | 7 6 . | . 1 . | 4 3 2 |
 | . . . | 6 . . | . . 7 |
 | . 5 . | . . . | . 1 . |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | . . . | 2 . . | . . . |
 | . 4 5 | 8 . 1 | . . 6 |
 | . 1 3 | 7 4 . | . 8 5 |
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  	  | Hint wrote: |  	  | XYZ-Wing possible. 
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
 Joined: 17 Oct 2007
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 Location: Northern California Foothills
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:53 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Four steps. 
 (9=3)r7c9 - AUR29[(3)r8c7 = (6)r9c1]r89c17 - (6=9)r9c6; r7c56|r9c7<>9,
 kite 2 with hinge in b4; r1c6<>2,
 xy-wing 38-9 with vertex 38 in r5c5; r9c6<>9
 ALS789[(78)r3c27 = (9)r3c2]r3c27 - r3c4 = r6c4 - (9=8)r4c6; r3c6<>8.
 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:23 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I used five steps, Type 4 (34), Type 6 (29), ER (2), XY (389) and Type 4 (68) used to create pincers. |  | 
	
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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:18 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Skyscraper setting up XY-Wing setting up XYZ-Wing ... who could ask for more fun!   
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | r26c3   Skyscraper                      <> 2    r5c5,r1c6 r8c9    2-String Kite                   <> 3    r1c5        extraneous
 
 <38+9>  XY-Wing  r5c5/r4c6+r8c5         <> 9    r79c6
 
 r25\c25 Sashimi X-Wing                  <> 8    r13c2       extraneous
 
 <38+9>  XYZ-Wing r3c6/r3c4+r4c6         <> 9    r1c6
 
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		| arkietech 
 
 
 Joined: 31 Jul 2008
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				|  Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:54 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Why not start with the xyz-wing?   xyz-Wing135
 x-wing 3
 skyscraper 5
 
 are we having fun yet?
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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  | Why not start with the xyz-wing?   xyz-Wing135
 x-wing 3
 skyscraper 5
 
 are we having fun yet?
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 We may be having fun, but I don't think we're on the same puzzle.
 
 This puzzle starts off with <1> as a candidate in five cells ... and none of them contain a <35>.
 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* | 125689  2789    126789  | 4       235689  235689  | 36789   679     389     |
 | 2689    3       2689    | 1       2689    7       | 689     5       4       |
 | 5689    789     4       | 359     35689   35689   | 36789   2       1       |
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 | 7       6       89      | 59      1       589     | 4       3       2       |
 | 123489  289     1289    | 6       23589   234589  | 589     9       7       |
 | 23489   5       289     | 39      23789   23489   | 689     1       89      |
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 | 689     789     6789    | 2       3569    3569    | 1379    479     39      |
 | 29      4       5       | 8       39      1       | 2379    79      6       |
 | 269     1       3       | 7       4       69      | 29      8       5       |
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