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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:54 pm    Post subject: Free Press Nov 28, 2008 | 
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				This Friday puzzle is a VH+.  Much better than yesterday's!
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . 1 6 | 9 . 5 | 2 . . | 
 
| 2 7 . | . . . | . . . | 
 
| . . . | 6 . . | . . . | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 1 . . | . 9 . | 8 2 . | 
 
| . 3 . | . . . | . 1 . | 
 
| . . 5 | . 8 . | . . 9 | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . . 9 | . . . | 
 
| . . . | . 5 . | . 8 4 | 
 
| . . 2 | . . 1 | 7 3 . | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+ | 	  
 
I eschewed the UR, though I don't think it would help much.  (So far I have only done this once, with pencil & paper.)
 
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		arkietech
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:36 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Two steps
 
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		Asellus
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:17 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Dan,
 
 
I can't find your solution path.  I used the UR, 2 Skyscrapers and ended up with a BUG+1. | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:00 am    Post subject:  | 
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				My two step solution was coloring on <3> and a skyscraper on <7>.
 
 
Ted | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:03 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I had a different two-stepper. 
 
 
1) A W-Wing on 27
 
 
2) An XY-Wing Chain on 374. The chain was 34-37-37-37-47. The pincers  took out the 4 from r1c8, finishing it off. | 
			 
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		storm_norm
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:57 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		  .---------------------.---------------------.---------------------.
 
| 34     1      6     | 9      37     5     | 2      47     8     |
 
| 2      7      9     | 34     134    8     | 56     56     13    |
 
| 58     58    #34    | 6      127    27    |#34     9      17    |
 
:---------------------+---------------------+---------------------:
 
| 1      4      7     | 35     9      6     | 8      2      35    |
 
| 9      3      8     | 257    27     4     | 56     1      567   |
 
| 6      2      5     | 1      8     *37    |#34     47     9     |
 
:---------------------+---------------------+---------------------:
 
| 34578  58    #34    | 3478   3467   9     | 1      56     2     |
 
|*37     6      1     | 237    5     23-7   | 9      8      4     |
 
| 458    9      2     | 48     46     1     | 7      3      56    |
 
'---------------------'---------------------'---------------------' | 	  
 
since no one pointed it out yet, the useless skyscraper on 3's see's the {3,7} cells and makes the 7's pincers in r8c2 and r6c6, this eliminates the 7 in r8c6.  then that combined with the skyscraper on 7, which is also present, finishes it. | 
			 
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		arkietech
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:08 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Asellus wrote: | 	 		  Dan,
 
 
I can't find your solution path.  I used the UR, 2 Skyscrapers and ended up with a BUG+1. | 	  
 
 
I couldn't find it again either    I did find this: 	  | Code: | 	 		   *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 
 | 34     1      6      | 9      37     5      | 2      47     8      |
 
 | 2      7      9      | 34     134    8      | 56     56     13     |
 
 | 58     58     34     | 6      127    2-7    | 34     9     *17     |
 
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 
 | 1      4      7      | 35     9      6      | 8      2      35     |
 
 | 9      3      8      |*257   *27     4      | 56     1     *567    |
 
 | 6      2      5      | 1      8     *37     | 34     47     9      |
 
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 
 | 34578  58     34     | 3478   3467   9      | 1      56     2      |
 
 | 37     6      1      | 237    5      237    | 9      8      4      |
 
 | 458    9      2      | 48     46     1      | 7      3      56     |
 
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 
er(7)
 
 
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 
 |*34     1      6      | 9     *37     5      | 2     *47     8      |
 
 | 2      7      9      | 34     134    8      | 56     56     13     |
 
 | 58     58     3-4    | 6      17     2      | 34     9      17     |
 
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 
 | 1      4      7      | 35     9      6      | 8      2      35     |
 
 | 9      3      8      | 57     2      4      | 56     1      567    |
 
 | 6      2      5      | 1      8     *37     | 34    *47     9      |
 
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 
 | 3578-4 58    *34     | 3478   346    9      | 1      56     2      |
 
 |*37     6      1      | 2      5     *37     | 9      8      4      |
 
 | 58-4   9      2      | 48     46     1      | 7      3      56     |
 
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 
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		cgordon
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:42 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | I eschewed the UR, though I don't think it would help much. | 	  
 
Actually I did it in no-steps and was gonna quote that Irving Berlin song:
 
"Anything you eschew - I can do better" 
 
But I guess it's back to the drawing board. | 
			 
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