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		TerenceF
 
 
  Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Takapuna, NZ
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				 Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:05 am    Post subject: Nov 8 VH | 
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| 4    256  3   | 7   258   58  | 1  9   268 |
 
| 289  29   7   | 6   2389  138 | 4  5   238 |
 
| 2589 2569 1   | 23  23589 4   | 38 368 7   |
 
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| 29   7    24  | 8   235   35  | 6  34  1   |
 
| 25   8    245 | 234 1     6   | 23 7   9   |
 
| 3    1    6   | 24  7     9   | 28 48  5   |
 
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| 6    25   25  | 9   4     38  | 7  1   38  |
 
| 7    4    9   | 1   38    2   | 5  368 368 |
 
| 1    3    8   | 5   6     7   | 9  2   4   |
 
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XY wing 238 pivot in r3c7 sets r6c4<>2 | 
			 
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		hughwill
 
 
  Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 424 Location: Birmingham UK
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				 Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 12:13 pm    Post subject: Nov 8 VH | 
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				Terence said:
 
 
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After basics:
 
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| 4   256  3   | 7   258   58 | 1  9   268 |
 
| 28  29   7   | 6   2389  1  | 4  5   238 |
 
| 258 2569 1   | 23  23589 4  | 38 368 7   |
 
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| 9   7    24  | 8   235   35 | 6  34  1   |
 
| 25  8    245 | 234 1     6  | 23 7   9   |
 
| 3   1    6   | 24  7     9  | 28 48  5   |
 
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| 6   25   25  | 9   4     38 | 7  1   38  |
 
| 7   4    9   | 1   38    2  | 5  368 368 |
 
| 1   3    8   | 5   6     7  | 9  2   4   |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
 
.....and a 234 XY-Wing pivot r4c8 also sorts it out. | 
			 
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		kuskey
 
 
  Joined: 10 Dec 2008 Posts: 141 Location: Pembroke, NH
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				 Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:16 pm    Post subject: Nov 8 VH | 
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				| Marty, I was able to solve it as a single stepper using the 234 xy-wing on Hugh's and my after-basics code. However, the cleanup after the xy wing was prolonged and a grinder right to the end and included some steps that could easily be overlooked. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 12:20 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Oops, thanks, I see where I screwed up.    | 
			 
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