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		Clement
 
 
  Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1113 Location: Dar es Salaam Tanzania
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				 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:00 am    Post subject: March 23 VH | 
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| 13   13   9   | 2  8  4 | 7  6   5 |
 
| 6    8    4   | 5  9  7 | 2  1   3 |
 
| 2    57   57  | 1  6  3 | 4  9   8 |
 
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| 37#  9    1   | 8  27 5 | 6  23# 4 |
 
| 8    6    37  | 4  27 1 | 35 235 9 |
 
| 45   45   2   | 6  3  9 | 8  7   1 |
 
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| 9    3457 6   | 37 1  8 | 35 345 2 |
 
| 1357 1357 357 | 37 4  2 | 9  8   6 |
 
| 34#  2    8   | 9  5  6 | 1  34# 7 |
 
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 | 	  Two steps
 
1) X-Wing in 3's r49c18 eliminating the 3's in r1c1; r8c1; r5c8; and r7c8 leading to 
 
2) XY-Wing 45 47 57 eliminating 5 in r6c1 solving the puzzle. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:54 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| A 37 W-Wing will do it in one step. | 
			 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:51 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I used a Type 4 UR on <13> then colouring on <3>.   I'm alaephobic. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:23 pm    Post subject:  | 
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Pedantic too.    | 
			 
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		arkietech
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:19 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| There are two w-wing 37's one removes a 3 and the other a 7 either will solve the puzzle. | 
			 
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		Wendy W
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:00 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				CG, does that mean somebody who doesn't like Skyscrapers (i.e., Marty) is acrophobic?
 
X-wing on 3, Skyscraper on 3, and then that UR <13>. | 
			 
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