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		| Clement 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:59 pm    Post subject: Nov 26 VH |   |  
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				| Clustered in the begining. After basic reductions:triples and pairs an XY-Wing-<57>-<78>-<58> is revealed eliminating 5 in r4c8 solving the puzzle in one step.
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:49 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| There were a couple of XY-Wings that I saw. For those who enjoy alternatives: 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +---------+--------+------------+
 | 59 2  6 | 7 39 8 | 135 4  15  |
 | 3  7  4 | 1 2  5 | 6   9  8   |
 | 59 1  8 | 4 39 6 | 357 2  57  |
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 | 2  9  1 | 6 8  4 | 57  57 3   |
 | 6  4  3 | 2 5  7 | 18  18 9   |
 | 8  5  7 | 9 1  3 | 2   6  4   |
 +---------+--------+------------+
 | 47 68 9 | 5 46 1 | 78  3  2   |
 | 1  68 2 | 3 7  9 | 4   58 56  |
 | 47 3  5 | 8 46 2 | 9   17 167 |
 +---------+--------+------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 There is a potential DP 59-39-35 in boxes 123. R1c7 must be = 1 or r3c7 must = 7 to break the pattern. If r1c7 =1, then r9c8 =7 and this and r3c7 act as pincers 7, removing the 7 from r7c7.
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:16 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I ended up with a bug+1 putting a 7 in r9c9. |  | 
	
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		| roaa 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| There are actually two xy-wings 578. The other eliminates 7 in r4c7. |  | 
	
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		| cgordon 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:06 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | For those who enjoy alternatives: | 
 For that reason - I used an APE (Aligned Pair Exclusion) in R89C8. (Hey - if you can't find anything unique - what's the point of posting!)
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		| Roger S 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:59 pm    Post subject: Nov 26 VH |   |  
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				| Could you confirm if  <17> <78><18> is a valid XY Wing eliminating the 8 in R5 C7. Just trying to learn how to recognise them
 
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 Roger
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:09 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Yes Roger, that is a valid XY-Wing. It also eliminates the 8 from r8c8, although that would get eliminated based on the elimination you mentioned. It's just that it's a good idea to look for all possible eliminations. |  | 
	
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		| Roger S 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Thanks Marty Understood |  | 
	
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