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		| Clement 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:39 pm    Post subject: Daily Telegraph January 24, 2014 Diabolical |   |  
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				| Interesting  	  | Code: |  	  | +-------+-------+-------+
 | 2 . . | 4 7 . | . . . |
 | . . 1 | . . . | 3 . 8 |
 | 9 . . | . . 8 | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . 2 | . . . | 5 8 . |
 | . . . | 6 . 3 | . . . |
 | . 4 . | . . . | 9 . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | 5 . . | . . 7 |
 | 3 . 7 | . . . | 6 . . |
 | . 9 . | . 4 7 | . . 3 |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:49 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Interesting indeed. So interesting that I can't seem to make enough of a dent in it to do anything. 
 I played a W-Wing on 12 and a Type 1 UR on 29, and that's where things stand.
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:57 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Finally got it with a five-stepper. 
 1) W-Wing on 12
 2) Type 1 UR on 29
 3) Coloring on 5
 4) XYZ-Wing on 148
 5) XY-Wing on 16-5
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		| Clement 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:18 am    Post subject: Daily Telegraph January 24, 2014 Diabolical |   |  
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				| Interesting in that there are two XY Chains 	  | Code: |  	  | +--------------+--------------+------------+
 | 2     8  3   | 4    7   5   | 1  6   9   |
 | d45    7  1   | 29   6   29  | 3  c45  8   |
 | 9     6  e45  | 3    1   8   | 47 27  245 |
 +--------------+--------------+------------+
 | 167   3  2   | 17   9   4   | 5  8   16  |
 | 158   15 9   | 6    258 3   | 47 27  124 |
 | 15678 4  568 | 1278 258 12  | 9  3   126 |
 +--------------+--------------+------------+
 | 148   12 f48  | 5    3   6   | g28 9   7   |
 | 3     25 7   | 1289 28  129 | 6  145 145 |
 | 568   9  568 | a12   4   7   | h8-2 b15  3   |
 +--------------+--------------+------------+
 
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 The one which makes many eliminations does not solve it.
 XY Chain: (1=2)r6c6-(2=9)r2c6-(9=2)r2c4-(2-1)r9c4; r46c4<>1, r8c6<>1 does not solve it.
 XY Chain: (2=1)r9c4-(1=5)r9c8-(5=4)r2c8-(4=5)r2c1-(5=4)r3c3-(4=8)r7c3-(8=2)r7c7; r9c7<>2; stte.
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:57 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I looked all over te place for chains with no success. 
 Note: the first chain is basically the W-Wing on 12 with SL 2 in c5.
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