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		| wapati 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:22 pm    Post subject: This has a swordfish,  early.  You can bypass it,  of course |   |  
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				| ..8.2.3....26.4....4...9.621.43.......7...4.......89.376.5...8....2.71....3.4.5.. 
 
 
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 . 4 .|. . 9|. 6 2
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:18 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +--------------+--------------+------------+
 | 6   1579  8  | 17  2    15  | 3  4   159 |
 | 359 13579 2  | 6   1358 4   | 78 159 159 |
 | 35  4     15 | 178 1358 9   | 78 6   2   |
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 | 1   89    4  | 3   579  2   | 6  57  578 |
 | 389 389   7  | 19  1569 156 | 4  2   158 |
 | 25  25    6  | 4   17   8   | 9  17  3   |
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 | 7   6     19 | 5   19   3   | 2  8   4   |
 | 4   58    59 | 2   689  7   | 1  3   69  |
 | 28  128   3  | 189 4    16  | 5  79  679 |
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 While it has become de rigueur to post only one-step solutions, I'm using two.
 
 XY-Wing (58-2), pivot r8c2=>r6c1<>2 which reduces the grid to a BUG+1.
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:27 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Marty, 
 There is a swordfish -9 in C148 but it does not help solve the puzzle.
 
 Keith
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