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keith
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:43 pm Post subject: Free Press December 28, 2012 |
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Easier than usual ...
Code: | Puzzle: FP122812
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 . . | . . . | . . 1 |
| . . 4 | . . . | 8 . . |
| . . . | 9 6 3 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 . . | . . 5 | 7 . 8 |
| . . 5 | 7 . . | 4 . . |
| 1 . . | 4 . . | . . 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 7 | 3 4 9 | . . . |
| . . 3 | . . . | 2 . . |
| 5 . . | . . . | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
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Marty R.
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe easier than usual, but I used two steps.
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+-------------+----------------+-------------+
| 2 3569 69 | 58 578 4 | 369 379 1 |
| 39 3569 4 | 125 1257 127 | 8 379 36 |
| 7 18 18 | 9 6 3 | 5 24 24 |
+-------------+----------------+-------------+
| 6 4 29 | 12 1239 5 | 7 123 8 |
| 39 389 5 | 7 1289 1268 | 4 12 26 |
| 1 7 28 | 4 238 268 | 36 5 9 |
+-------------+----------------+-------------+
| 8 2 7 | 3 4 9 | 1 6 5 |
| 4 169 3 | 1568 158 18 | 2 89 7 |
| 5 169 169 | 1268 1278 1278 | 39 3489 34 |
+-------------+----------------+-------------+
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XY-Wing (39-6), pivot r2c1=>r1c7,r2c2<>6 gets me here:
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+----------+-------------+--------+
| 2 56 69 | 58 78 4 | 3 79 1 |
| 39 35 4 | 125 127 27 | 8 79 6 |
| 7 18 18 | 9 6 3 | 5 2 4 |
+----------+-------------+--------+
| 6 4 29 | 12 129 5 | 7 3 8 |
| 39 38 5 | 7 89 6 | 4 1 2 |
| 1 7 28 | 4 3 28 | 6 5 9 |
+----------+-------------+--------+
| 8 2 7 | 3 4 9 | 1 6 5 |
| 4 9 3 | 6 5 1 | 2 8 7 |
| 5 16 16 | 28 278 278 | 9 4 3 |
+----------+-------------+--------+
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XY-Wing (27-8), pivot r2c6=>r5c5<>8 |
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keith
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Marty R. wrote: | Maybe easier than usual, but I used two steps.
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Ditto. |
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Marty R.
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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I thought from your comment that it would be a one-stepper.
Are these puzzles in the print or digital edition? Our fish wrapper gets their puzzles on the cheap and they never require an advanced move. |
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keith
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Marty R. wrote: | I thought from your comment that it would be a one-stepper.
Are these puzzles in the print or digital edition? Our fish wrapper gets their puzzles on the cheap and they never require an advanced move. |
No, my comment was based on the need for XY-wings, not skyscrapers or XY chains. I have not yet dissected the puzzle to look for single-step moves.
They are in the Detroit Free Press print edition. The same puzzles are in the LA Times. I seem to recall they may also be in a St. Louis paper.
I have never been able to find them online, other than in images of the newspaper.
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arkietech
Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:33 am Post subject: |
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keith wrote: | I have never been able to find them online, other than in images of the newspaper.
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Try the archives at http://www.sudoku.org.uk/daily.asp
They do not appear until Saturday for Fridays puzzle. |
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