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		keith
 
 
  Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:54 pm    Post subject: Free Press November 4, 2011 | 
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				Not yet started.  Looks to be on the rather difficult side.
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | 2 . . | . . . |
 
| 9 . 4 | . 5 . | 8 . . |
 
| . . . | . 4 . | 6 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 3 1 . | . . . | 9 6 . |
 
| 4 . . | . . 8 | . . 2 |
 
| . 6 5 | . . . | . 7 . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 7 | 1 3 . | . . . |
 
| . . 1 | . 6 . | 4 . 5 |
 
| . . . | . . 4 | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
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		SudoQ
 
 
  Joined: 02 Aug 2011 Posts: 127
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Free Press November 4, 2011 | 
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				 	  | keith wrote: | 	 		  | Looks to be on the rather difficult side. | 	  
 
Yes, it requires a very advanced one step solution!
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:47 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I really struggled with this one and hacked my way to the finish line after EIGHT steps. I won't further embarrass myself by listing them. | 
			 
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		SudoQ
 
 
  Joined: 02 Aug 2011 Posts: 127
 
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:22 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Maybe it's a long shot, but it's possible to show that r3c3<>2.
 
 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:03 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Recently, I have not been very active playing sudoku but still try to make time available for the Friday Free Press. I may have messed up this weeks puzzle, but I found a VH type three step solution.
 
 
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 | 35     1      358    | 2589   2489   2489   | 7      259    6      |
 
 | 4      7      9      | 235    23     6      | 8      125    125    |
 
 | 6      2      58     | 589    7      1      | 4      3      59     |
 
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 
 | 359    35     7      | 4      6      239    | 1      25     8      |
 
 | 159    456    145    | 2789   289    2789   | 3      67     25     |
 
 | 8      36     2      | 37     1      5      | 9      67     4      |
 
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 
 | 7      9      14     | 6      5      48     | 2      18     3      |
 
 | 13     348    6      | 12389  23489  23489  | 5      189    7      |
 
 | 2      358    135    | 13789  389    3789   | 6      4      19     |
 
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 
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finned x-wing (2)r68c16; r6c5<>2
 
x-wing (9)r17c69; r3c69,r8c6,r9c9<>9
 
xy-wing (78-3)r1c52+r2c4; r1c6,r2c2<>3
 
 
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