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[Pat]

..8...6...4...2.7.5.....2.1.....6.1.....1.....2.5.4...8.6.....5.9.7...4...1...8..

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[keith]

Pat,

I did not notice anything unusual. Of course, I expect that your puzzles might involve hidden sets and not "advanced" moves.

The key for me was to figure out where the values 9 and 3 might fall. I do these things on paper with no pencil marks.

Best wishes,

Keith

[Marty R.]

I guess I didn't go far enough with basics, but a Type 4 UR on 45 completed it since basics didn't do it for me.

[Luke451]

Howzabout a hint, Pat....before you reveal.

[Pat]

a 5-move path uses only "basic" moves,
surely that's the natural path

but there is another path
-- and it's just one move,
perhaps more elegant

[arkietech]

[Pat]

exactly

if you notice the X-wing,
it becomes a 1-move puzzle

so,
which path would you prefer ?

[arkietech]

[Pat]