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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:18 am    Post subject: Puzzle 10/07/20: A | 
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				My rating guideline is gone. It wasn't being used anyway.
 
 
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 | 8 6 . | 4 . . | . 5 . |
 
 | 1 . . | . 8 . | . . . |
 
 | . . 2 | . . . | . . 8 |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | 2 . . | 1 . . | . 7 . |
 
 | . 7 . | . 4 9 | . 1 2 |
 
 | . . . | . 7 2 | . 8 . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . . . | . . . | . 6 . |
 
 | 6 . . | 8 1 4 | 5 9 . |
 
 | . . 3 | . 6 . | . . 4 |
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:20 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Looking at the potential 18 DP in boxes 79, the box 7 DP killers are invalid; r6c2<>1. | 
			 
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		peterj
 
 
  Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Posts: 974 Location: London, UK
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				 Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:01 am    Post subject:  | 
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				This xy-chain jumped out at me...(though when I started I was planning on looking for turbots - without Danny's guidance    )
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | xy-chain (5=3)r5c1 - (3=6)r5c7 -(6=1)r3c7 - (1=6)r3c6 - (6=7)r2c6 -(7=5)r9c6; r9c1<>5 | 	 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:49 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | peterj wrote: | 	 		  This xy-chain jumped out at me.
 
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It's a good thing you found the xy-chain. Not only don't I provide rating information, I now randomly assign difficulty to the ABC designators. They don't necessarily go from easiest to hardest! _    _ | 
			 
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