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	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:33 pm   Subject: stuck on a very hard puzzle | 
  
  
	Thank you so much Tkiel. But what is the logic for looking at the 3 to start with?  What makes this the alpha star?  How is this different than process of elimination?  I think this is what someone on ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: stuck on a very hard puzzle | 
  
  
	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:27 pm   Subject: stuck on a very hard puzzle | 
  
  
	| Thanks Keith.  Same puzzle, but the "explanation" made absolutely no sense to me (as I am not familiar with alpha stars)... I can not follow the logic at all. | 
  
  
	   Topic: stuck on a very hard puzzle | 
  
  
	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:14 pm   Subject: stuck on a very hard puzzle | 
  
  
	This was in the newspaper last Saturday.  I put it down for a week and picked it up again and still can't figure out the next move:
  26x 9xx x48 4xx 38x 2x6 7x8 642 15x
  8xx 4x9 6x1 3x9 168 5x4 614 xx ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: 3/30 classic | 
  
  
	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:37 pm   Subject: 3/30 classic | 
  
  
	| Great thanks.  I'm not sure about the naked quad, but focusing on that row helped me see that col 1 and col 8 were the only places for 2,6... leading to the same conclusion (as well as the hint) of a  ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: 3/30 classic | 
  
  
	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:30 pm   Subject: 3/30 classic | 
  
  
	What's the next move??!  I can't figure out what I'm missing.
  9       1/8      1/8        7        4       5         2/6       2/6       3 7        3         5          9        6       2         4/8 ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: need help with Sunday's very difficult | 
  
  
	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:55 pm   Subject: need help with Sunday's very difficult | 
  
  
	| Just wanted to thank everyone! | 
  
  
	   Topic: need help with Sunday's very difficult | 
  
  
	debbie 
	   
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	 Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:53 pm   Subject: need help with Sunday's very difficult | 
  
  
	I got stuck at: 2x6 xx3 x95 3x9 4xx xx6 x85 x69 xx3
  xxx x7x 63x x37 xx6 58x x6x x3x 9x7
  8x1 34x 76x 7x3 6x8 1xx 624 xxx 358
  The hint was 9 in row 4/col 1 and I don't get it.. couldn't the 9 also be ... | 
  
  
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