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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:16 pm    Post subject: DB Saturday Puzzle:  September 1, 2007 |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | Puzzle: DB090107 ****** +-------+-------+-------+
 | 2 . . | . . . | . . . |
 | 4 . . | 8 . 6 | . 3 . |
 | 8 9 . | . 3 1 | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . 4 | . 1 9 | 2 . 8 |
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 | 5 . 9 | 7 8 . | 1 . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | 1 5 . | . 2 7 |
 | . 7 . | 3 . 8 | . . 6 |
 | . . . | . . . | . . 9 |
 +-------+-------+-------+
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 An easy W-wing is one way ...
 
 Keith
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		| Earl 
 
 
 Joined: 30 May 2007
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:57 pm    Post subject: Sept 1 DB |   |  
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				| Also an xy-wing eliminates 2 from R2C5, and opens the puzzle. 
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		| sdq_pete 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:28 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I saw the other XY wing, eliminating 2 also from R5C5 (pivot at R1C6): 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------+-----------+------------+
 | 2  156 3  | 9  4   57 | 67  8  15  |
 | 4  15  17 | 8  27  6  | 9   3  125 |
 | 8  9   67 | 25 3   1  | 467 47 25  |
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 | 67 3   4  | 56 1   9  | 2   57 8   |
 | 67 18  18 | 4  26  25 | 57  9  3   |
 | 5  2   9  | 7  8   3  | 1   6  4   |
 +-----------+-----------+------------+
 | 9  68  68 | 1  5   4  | 3   2  7   |
 | 1  7   2  | 3  9   8  | 45  45 6   |
 | 3  4   5  | 26 267 27 | 8   1  9   |
 +-----------+-----------+------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:42 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I missed the W, but the one XY did it. |  | 
	
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:32 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | I missed the W ... | 
 Look at <26> in C45, connected by strong link on <2> in B2.  Takes out <6> in R9C5.
 
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		| Johan 
 
 
 Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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 Location: Bornem  Belgium
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:09 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I missed the xy- wing, but found a 4-cell xy-chain 
 Starting with <6> in R4C4 => R9C4=2 => R9C6=7 => R1C6=5, resulting in two <5> pincer cells in  R4C4 and R1C6, eliminating both <5>'s in R5C6 and R3C4(both can see the <5> pincer cells)
 
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		| Asellus 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:39 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| As an interesting alternative to the single XY Wing solution... 
 Note the {15} UR in R12C29.  There is a <5> strong link in C2 and a <1> strong link in C9.  Thus, <1> is removed from R1C2 and 5 is removed from R2C9.
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		| Johan 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:39 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Asellus, 
 I followed a diffirent solving path for the [15] UR you mentioned.
 
 For avoiding the deadly [15] pattern in R12C29.
 R1C2 must be <6>  or R2C9 must be <2>.
 
 Presume that R2C9=2  => R2C5=7 => R1C6=5 => R1C9=1
 
 => R1C2=6, which means that <6> can only reside in R1C2, logical thinking(or did I make a lucky guess)?
 
 Because <6> acts like a pincer cell, starting with <2> in R2C9 ends up with <6> in R1C2, which pins the <6> in R1C2.
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		| Asellus 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:45 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Johan wrote: |  	  | logical thinking(or did I make a lucky guess)? | 
 Your logic is fine: either candidate for avoiding the DP forces the other.
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