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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:43 pm    Post subject: From the archives |   |  
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				| This one is better than most.  11 August, 2008. 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 4 . | . . 6 | . . . |
 | . . . | 7 . . | . 4 6 |
 | . . 1 | . . 8 | 3 2 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . 4 . | . 9 3 |
 | 2 9 . | . . . | . 5 1 |
 | 7 3 . | . 9 . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 1 7 | 9 . . | 5 . . |
 | 8 6 . | . . 4 | . . . |
 | . . . | 6 . . | . 1 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 Keith
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		| cgordon 
 
 
 Joined: 04 May 2007
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 Location: ontario, canada
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:18 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| A two-step for me - x-wing on 5 and a 258 xy-wing |  | 
	
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:34 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | A two-step for me - x-wing on 5 and a 258 xy-wing | 
 That's how I solved it.  It took me a while to see the X-wing.
 
 Looking further, after basics (except for a hidden pair in R9):
 The XYZ-wing 2-58 solves it in one step. 	  | Code: |  	  | +----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 39   4    2389 | 123  123  6    | 18   7    5    |
 | 35   258  2358 | 7    123  9    | 18   4    6    |
 | 6    7    1    | 4    5    8    | 3    2    9    |
 +----------------+----------------+----------------+
 | 1    58#  568  | 258# 4   2-57  | 267  9    3    |
 | 2    9    48   | 38   6    37   | 47   5    1    |
 | 7    3    456  | 25#  9    1    | 246  8    24   |
 +----------------+----------------+----------------+
 | 34   1    7    | 9    238  23   | 5    6    248  |
 | 8    6    259  | 125  127  4    | 29   3    27   |
 | 3459 25   2359 | 6    2378 235  | 249  1    2478 |
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
 Joined: 17 Oct 2007
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 Location: Northern California Foothills
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:53 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| It took me three xy-wings with extensions or pseudocell to do the job. It was a longer but fun excursion......... 
 Ted
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