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Free Press Jul 8, 2010 (Thursday)

 
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keith



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:36 pm    Post subject: Free Press Jul 8, 2010 (Thursday) Reply with quote
More difficult than usual ...
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Puzzle: FP070810
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 5 . | 8 . 3 | . . . |
| . . . | . . 5 | 4 3 . |
| 6 . . | 4 . . | . . 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 1 . | . . . | . 5 . |
| 5 . 2 | . 6 . | 3 . 7 |
| . 8 . | . . . | . 6 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 . . | . . 8 | . . 1 |
| . 6 7 | 2 . . | . . . |
| . . . | 1 . 6 | . 2 . |
+-------+-------+-------+

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Keith
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Type 1 UR 37), which I don't know was needed
Coloring (7,9), most cells in the chain overlapping, r1c5<>79
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Mogulmeister



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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You're right Marty only the colouring needed - in my case a skyscraper on 9s
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Mogulmeister



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I appreciated your tongue-in-cheek moment Keith...
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keith



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mogulmeister wrote:
I appreciated your tongue-in-cheek moment Keith...

Actually, not really. For the Thursday puzzle, this was harder than usual. The Thursdays require an advanced move only every 10 weeks or so.

The Friday puzzles always require advanced moves. They now often stray into the "why be bothered" group.

Keith
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Mogulmeister



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought the three dots were the typographic equivalent of wbb...
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used a Type 1 UR for 37 and a Type 6 for 24. Then an extended xy wing for 279 to remove 2 in R6C9. That was a great achievement for me because I find unextended wings hard enough to locate!
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