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Free Press April 8, 2011

 
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keith



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:08 pm    Post subject: Free Press April 8, 2011 Reply with quote
Not yet done. Seems to be on the difficult side.
Code:
Puzzle: FP040811
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 5 . | . . . | . 2 3 |
| . 7 . | . 5 . | . . . |
| . . 8 | . . 1 | 5 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | . 3 . | . . . |
| 3 . . | 5 . 7 | . . 9 |
| . . . | 8 1 . | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 3 | 9 . . | 1 . . |
| . 9 . | . 7 . | . . . |
| 5 2 . | . . . | . 8 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+

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Keith
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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Found some time this morning for the weekly Free Press.

Quote:
w-wing (26)r5c5,r8c4 sl(2)r3c14; r4c4,r7c5<>6
(2)r3c1-r46c1=r5c3-(2=6)r5c5;
(2)r3c4-(2=6)r8c4;

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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Skyscraper (or simple coloring); r5c3<>6
XY-Wing (462), flightless with transport; r2c3<>2

This was a very crowded grid at the start, but its bark was worse than its bite.
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keith



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
After basics:
Code:
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| 9     5     1     | 467   8     46    | 467   2     3     |
| 246   7     246@  | 3     5     246#  | 8     9     1     |
| 246   3     8     | 2467# 9     1     | 5     467   47    |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| 2467  1     59    | 246   3     2469  | 2467  4567  8     |
| 3     8     246@  | 5     26@   7     | 246   1     9     |
| 2467  46    59    | 8     1     2469  | 23467 34567 2457  |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| 8     46    3     | 9     26@   5     | 1     47    247   |
| 1     9     46    |-26    7     8     | 234   345   245   |
| 5     2     7     | 1     4     3     | 9     8     6     |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+

A one-stepper: A skyscraper (or multi-coloring) on 2 solves it. The chains are marked # and @. (Start in R2.)

Keith
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Asellus



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The <2>s also provide a Sashimi X-Wing (or grouped Skyscraper) in c36.
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keith



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Asellus wrote:
The <2>s also provide a Sashimi X-Wing (or grouped Skyscraper) in c36.

... which takes out 2 in R5C5.

Keith
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