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		Earl
 
 
  Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Victoria, KS
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				 Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:04 am    Post subject: June 9 VH | 
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				The old reliable does it again; or a very apparent uniqueness test.
 
 
Solutions:  xy wing (678); or UR (18)
 
 
 
Early Earl
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		sdq_pete
 
 
  Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 119 Location: Rotterdam, NL
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				 Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:07 am    Post subject:  | 
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				The UR arose about half-way through filling in the basics, so something of a non-issue.
 
 
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		crunched
 
 
  Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 168
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:17 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Here is my grid after basics:
 
I saw the UR which solved it. I did not see the xy wing - 678 - reported by Earl.
 
But Voila! It is indeed there! 67 is the tether, and the other two are the wings.
 
 
 
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+---------------+--------+--------------+
 
| 37   2   36   | 8 5  9 | 67   1   4   |
 
| 1    8   4    | 7 6  2 | 9    5   3   |
 
| 5    67  9    | 4 3  1 | 2678 268 78  |
 
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| 38   13  138  | 9 4  6 | 5    7   2   |
 
| 29   69  26   | 5 18 7 | 4    3   18  |
 
| 4    5   7    | 2 18 3 | 68   689 189 |
 
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| 2378 37  2358 | 6 9  4 | 1    28  578 |
 
| 2789 4   28   | 1 27 5 | 3    289 6   |
 
| 6    179 125  | 3 27 8 | 27   4   579 |
 
+---------------+--------+--------------+
 
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		wapati
 
 
  Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 472 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
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				 Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:32 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | sdq_pete wrote: | 	 		  The UR arose about half-way through filling in the basics, so something of a non-issue.
 
Peter | 	  
 
 
I don't agree, perhaps.
 
 
I spot some URs and some x-wings as I am still filling in candidates.
 
This frequently lets me reduce candidate possibles in cells I have not yet filled in, and that helps expose xy-wings and such. | 
			 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:52 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| Painfully easy! | 
			 
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		Wendy W
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:08 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Yeah, way too easy. Stuck out like a sore thumb. | 
			 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:58 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| For a Goldilocks Puzzle I would recommend “Todays BB” posted by Keith on June 9 in Other Puzzles.  Not too soft like this VH – and not too hard like some of those puzzles that require a Kraken advanced fish solution with Sashmi transports.  Just lots of wings, URs, ERs and colouring.  Just right. | 
			 
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		swando
 
 
  Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 22 Location: Surrey, BC. Canada
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				 Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:56 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| I never swayed from the basics and this one fell apart..as i had not done this one I used the auto sweep and it was like an easy rated one imo | 
			 
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