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		Earl
 
 
  Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Victoria, KS
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				 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:39 pm    Post subject: Jan 5 DB | 
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				Here is the Jan 5 DB
 
A skyscraper (7) did it for me.
 
 
Earl
 
 
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . 3 6 | . . . |
 
| 9 . 3 | . . 5 | 4 . . |
 
| . 5 1 | . . . | 9 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . 6 . | . 3 . |
 
| . . 8 | 2 . 3 | 5 . . |
 
| . 9 . | . 5 . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 6 | . . . | 1 4 . |
 
| . . 4 | 3 . . | 2 . 8 |
 
| . . . | 6 1 . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site | 
			 
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		Johan
 
 
  Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 206 Location: Bornem  Belgium
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				 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:52 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				An Empty Rectangle in Box 6 for digit <7>, takes out <7> in R1C7 was the final step for me. The eri can see one of the strong link* on <7> in C3
 
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+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
 
| 248         2478    *27  | 9           3        6   |-[7]8       1        5    |
 
| 9           78       3   | 1           28       5   | 4          278      6    |
 
| 6           5        1   | 7           4        28  | 9          28       3    |
 
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
 
| 124         247      5   | 48          6        9   | 78      er 3     er 124  |
 
| 14          6        8   | 2           7        3   | 5       er 9     er 14   |
 
| 3           9       *27  | 48          5        1   | 6 eri      78       24   |
 
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
 
| 7           3        6   | 5           28       28  | 1          4        9    |
 
| 5           1        4   | 3           9        7   | 2          6        8    |
 
| 28          28       9   | 6           1        4   | 3          5        7    |
 
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		storm_norm
 
 
  Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1741
 
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				 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:22 am    Post subject:  | 
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				UR type 2b {1,4}  in r45c19  takes out 2 in r4c2
 
 
then xy-wing pincers in r1c3 and r9c2 28-78-27 takes out 7 in r1c2 
 
 
of course the skyscraper is there to avoid all those steps. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:36 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Just another approach--I used the Type 1 UR on 28, then a W-Wing on 78, followed by pincer coloring on that same W-Wing. | 
			 
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