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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:43 pm    Post subject: Free Press 26 June, 2009 |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | Puzzle: FP062609 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . 6 . | . 1 . |
 | 6 . . | 3 . . | . 4 . |
 | 5 . 8 | . 4 . | . . 6 |
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 | . . . | . . . | 7 8 . |
 | 7 9 . | 5 . 2 | . 6 4 |
 | . 8 1 | . . . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | 8 . . | . 1 . | 6 . 2 |
 | . 4 . | . . 7 | . . 5 |
 | . 6 . | . 5 . | . . . |
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:06 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| UR, XY-Wing, BUG+1. |  | 
	
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
 Joined: 17 Oct 2007
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 Location: Northern California Foothills
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:39 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I believe that I had the same solution as Marty. 
 Ted
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		| storm_norm 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:29 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | .------------------.------------------.------------------. | 39    237   4    | 28    6     589  | 359   1     78   |
 | 6     127   79   | 3     279   1589 | 59    4     78   |
 | 5     137   8    | 179   4     19   | 39    2     6    |
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 | 2     5     6    | 14    39    14   | 7     8     39   |
 | 7     9     3    | 5     8     2    | 1     6     4    |
 | 4     8     1    | 79    379   6    | 2     5     39   |
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 | 8     37    5    | 49    1     349  | 6     79    2    |
 | 1     4     29   | 6     29    7    | 8     3     5    |
 | 39    6     279  | 28    5     389  | 4     79    1    |
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 extended w-wing {7,9}
 (7=9)rr2c3 - (9)r8c3 = (9)r9c13 - (9=7)r9c8 - (7)r7c8 = (7)r7c2; r123c2 <> 7
 
 xy-wing {1,2,9} removes 1 from r3c2
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
 Joined: 17 Oct 2007
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 Location: Northern California Foothills
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:48 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | storm_norm wrote: |  	  |  	  | Code: |  	  | .------------------.------------------.------------------. | 39    237   4    | 28    6     589  | 359   1     78   |
 | 6     127   79   | 3     279   1589 | 59    4     78   |
 | 5     137   8    | 179   4     19   | 39    2     6    |
 :------------------+------------------+------------------:
 | 2     5     6    | 14    39    14   | 7     8     39   |
 | 7     9     3    | 5     8     2    | 1     6     4    |
 | 4     8     1    | 79    379   6    | 2     5     39   |
 :------------------+------------------+------------------:
 | 8     37    5    | 49    1     349  | 6     79    2    |
 | 1     4     29   | 6     29    7    | 8     3     5    |
 | 39    6     279  | 28    5     389  | 4     79    1    |
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 extended w-wing {7,9}
 (7=9)rr2c3 - (9)r8c3 = (9)r9c13 - (9=7)r9c8 - (7)r7c8 = (7)r7c2; r123c2 <> 7
 
 xy-wing {1,2,9} removes 1 from r3c2
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 Norm, your chains are always impressive
      I would truly enjoy knowing how you go about finding them. 
 Ted
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		| Earl 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:04 pm    Post subject: Free Press |   |  
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				| I think just two xy-wings will do it:  379 then 129. 
 Earl
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