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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 12:52 pm    Post subject: Free Press May 4, 2012 | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		  Puzzle: FP050412
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 7 . . | . . . | . . . | 
 
| 6 3 . | 4 . 7 | . . . | 
 
| 8 . . | . 2 9 | . . . | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . 3 . | . 8 . | 
 
| . . 7 | . 9 8 | 6 . 3 | 
 
| . 1 . | . . . | . . . | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | 7 5 . | . . 4 | 
 
| . . . | 2 . . | . 3 6 | 
 
| . . . | . . . | . . 1 | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+ | 	  
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | No advanced moves required.  | 	  
 
 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 2:26 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Keith, I did basics twice; both completed the puzzle. Either I made the same mistake twice or ???
 
 
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		Clement
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:38 pm    Post subject: Free Press May 4, 2012 | 
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				 	  | tlanglet wrote: | 	 		  Keith, I did basics twice; both completed the puzzle. Either I made the same mistake twice or ???
 
 
Ted | 	  You didn't make any mistake, I also came with the same. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:48 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | tlanglet wrote: | 	 		  Keith, I did basics twice; both completed the puzzle. Either I made the same mistake twice or ???
 
 
Ted | 	  
 
Read the hint in my original post.  The hardest move is a hidden pair in B3.
 
 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 4:31 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | keith wrote: | 	 		   	  | tlanglet wrote: | 	 		  Keith, I did basics twice; both completed the puzzle. Either I made the same mistake twice or ???
 
 
Ted | 	  
 
Read the hint in my original post.  The hardest move is a hidden pair in B3.
 
 
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My sequence for basics must have resolved the hidden pair because I didn't see any such animal.
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 4:38 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | My sequence for basics must have resolved the hidden pair because I didn't see any such animal. | 	  
 
 
I don't recall one way or the other about the pair, but every time I see comments about specific basic moves I think that things can be different for other players because they might populate the grid in a different way. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
  Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 4:38 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | tlanglet wrote: | 	 		   	  | keith wrote: | 	 		   	  | tlanglet wrote: | 	 		  Keith, I did basics twice; both completed the puzzle. Either I made the same mistake twice or ???
 
 
Ted | 	  
 
Read the hint in my original post.  The hardest move is a hidden pair in B3.
 
 
Keith | 	  
 
 
My sequence for basics must have resolved the hidden pair because I didn't see any such animal.
 
 
Ted | 	  
 
At this point:
 
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| 7      249    1249   | 8      6      5      | 3      1249   29     | 
 
| 6      3      259    | 4      1      7      | 259    259    8      | 
 
| 8      45     145    | 3      2      9      | 1457   6      57     | 
 
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
 
| 2459   24569  24569  | 15     3      24     | 124579 8      2579   | 
 
| 245    245    7      | 15     9      8      | 6      1245   3      | 
 
| 3      1      8      | 6      7      24     | 2459   2459   259    | 
 
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
 
| 1      2689   2369   | 7      5      36     | 289    29     4      | 
 
| 459    7      459    | 2      48     1      | 589    3      6      | 
 
| 245    24568  23456  | 9      48     36     | 258    7      1      | 
 
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
 
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Hidden pair 14 in B3
 
Triple 259 in B3
 
Quad 2589 in C7
 
 
Choose your poison.
 
 
Since I do these without pencil marks, the hidden pair is easiest for me to spot. Note the solved cells 14 in R2 and C9 pointing at B3.  They leave only two unsolved cells in B3.
 
 
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		arkietech
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:11 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | keith wrote: | 	 		  Hidden pair 14 in B3
 
Triple 259 in B3
 
Quad 2589 in C7
 
 
Choose your poison.
 
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9's b4
 
5's b9
 
then 5's b6
 
then naked pair 29 b3 | 
			 
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