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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:07 pm    Post subject: Times SF9 | 
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				Last in the series
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 3 | . 7 . | . 2 . |
 
| . 2 . | 9 . . | . . . |
 
| . . 6 | . 5 2 | 9 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 5 7 . | . . . | . . . |
 
| . 9 . | 8 . 1 | . 3 . |
 
| . . . | . . . | . 4 8 |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 7 | 1 3 . | 4 . . |
 
| . . . | . . 9 | . 5 . |
 
| . 3 . | . 2 . | 6 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:36 am    Post subject:  | 
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+-----------+----------+--------------+
 
| 9   14 3  | 6   7 48 | 58  2   145  |
 
| 47  2  5  | 9   1 48 | 378 67  3467 |
 
| 147 8  6  | 3   5 2  | 9   17  147  |
 
+-----------+----------+--------------+
 
| 5   7  8  | 2   4 3  | 1   69  69   |
 
| 24  9  24 | 8   6 1  | 57  3   57   |
 
| 3   6  1  | 57  9 57 | 2   4   8    |
 
+-----------+----------+--------------+
 
| 28  5  7  | 1   3 6  | 4   89  29   |
 
| 6   14 24 | 47  8 9  | 37  5   1237 |
 
| 148 3  9  | 457 2 57 | 6   178 17   |
 
+-----------+----------+--------------+
 
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This was more user-friendly than SF8.   
 
 
Type 1 UR (57); r9c4<>57. | 
			 
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		Clement
 
 
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				 Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:03 pm    Post subject: Times SF9 | 
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				| X-Wing on 1 in row 18; r39c9<>1 also solves it. | 
			 
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		arkietech
 
 
  Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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				 Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:27 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				There is a quad in col 9 which solves it using basic moves.   | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:41 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				All three solutions are correct.
 
 
There are complementary X-wings on 1:  One in the rows, the other in the columns.
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:46 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | keith wrote: | 	 		  All three solutions are correct.
 
 
There are complementary X-wings on 1:  One in the rows, the other in the columns.
 
 
Keith | 	  
 
 
I agree that all three solutions are correct, but I think Dan's is more correct than the others. We should never get to the point of needing advanced moves if there are more basics to be resolved. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:12 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  | We should never get to the point of needing advanced moves if there are more basics to be resolved. | 	  
 
 
All roads lead to Rome.
 
 
Keith | 
			 
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