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sarah · Guest

Very strange ... I often solve very hard puzzles, yet this "hard" puzzle has me so stumped I can't get more than 3 numbers filled in!!! I'm totally puzzled (no pun intended). Wink

So far I have 8 in c1r5, 5 in c9r4 and 9 in c3r8. Draw gives a hint of 8 in c7r9, then 2 in c9r9. Those hints not only leave me clueless still, but I can't figure out why they make sense.

Any help?

Thanks!
Sarah

guest · Guest

George woods · Guest

e7b7e98i3h3f4 is how I started

abc
def
ghi

and e7 menas put a 7 into obvious square in block e

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject:

George,
i suppose you have another puzzle, i was talking about this one (where 7 is a given in block e)

george woods · Guest

Ok I haven't checked it against original but my record is

f7d8i8g9i2f5c65

I have put an exclamation mark beside f7 implying something subtle!

george woods · Guest

The subtelty arises from the pair 56 in Cc and Cg (because of the 5 and 6 in col 8

george · Guest

I mean of course Cc and Cd

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

Yep, now we are on the same line. The hidden pair 56 in box 3 (c) is the counterpart to the triplet i mentioned.

TKiel · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 292 Location: Kalamazoo, MI

Sarah,

If you've made the exclusions from the naked triple in box 3, then the only possibility in box 9 for an 8 is r9c7, which then makes r9c9 the only possibility for a 2.

sarah · Guest

Tracy- Thank you. Your response was the only one that made any sense to me. I do not know what a "naked triplet" is... although I do have the limitations of 27 for c8r1, 28 for c8r2, and 278 for c8r3. So I see how the 8 must therefore be in c7r9. But c9r9 can still be a 2 OR a 4, no?

And what is George going on about? All his letters and numbers are a mystery to me...

Sarah

sarah · Guest

I take that back -- I see why c9r9 has to be a 2!
Thank you.

Guest · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject:

Glad to see a response finally, Sarah, sorry for the "t" in "naked triplet" (i am not English), which seemed to confuse you so, that
- you could not see the triple in the 3 cells i mentioned
- not the naked pair i mentioned
- and you were not able to ask what i meant with it
i will .ry .o avoid .he "t" in the fu.ure Smile