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		| ravel 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:09 pm    Post subject: From new pattern game |   |  
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				| The first one i looked at already was nice. Quickly done, i only needed one advanced step - guess what   
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-------+-------+-------+ | 1 . . | . 2 . | . . 3 |
 | . 2 . | . . . | . 4 . |
 | . . . | 5 . 6 | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . 4 | . . . | 3 . . |
 | 3 . . | . 7 . | . . 8 |
 | . . 5 | . . . | 6 . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | 7 . 4 | . . . |
 | . 9 . | . . . | . 1 . |
 | 8 . . | . 1 . | . . 2 |
 +-------+-------+-------+ Mauricio
 
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		| Asellus 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:43 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| It succumbs nicely to basic Medusa.  But, I doubt that is what you meant.  Couldn't fine another single step. |  | 
	
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		| storm_norm 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:55 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| all I could find were some xy-chains, but none that I found solved it. |  | 
	
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		| ravel 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:16 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| There are a couple of potential deadly patterns in boxes 2 and 5. I looked, where the candidates can go to to destroy the DP. |  | 
	
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		| Asellus 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:22 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | ravel wrote: |  	  | There are a couple of potential deadly patterns in boxes 2 and 5. I looked, where the candidates can go to to destroy the DP. | 
 Ah... now I see it!  r7c5 must be <8> and r4c2 must be <7>.  Very clever.  It's impressive how easily the puzzle melts after this.
 
 Previously, I used a couple of URs and a Skyscraper, as I recall.
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