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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:49 am    Post subject: Free Press Jun 11, 2010 | 
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				Not yet done: 	  | Code: | 	 		  Puzzle: FP061110
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 2 . . | . . . | 5 . 6 |
 
| 6 . . | 7 . . | . . 3 |
 
| 5 4 8 | . . . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 1 | . 9 4 | . . . |
 
| . . . | 5 . 7 | . . . |
 
| . . . | 6 1 . | 2 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . . . | 3 9 2 |
 
| 4 . . | . . 9 | . . 5 |
 
| 9 . 3 | . . . | 4 . 1 |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:53 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Talk about polarized! Thursday's puzzle solves with basics, and Friday's puzzle needs ALS support. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:41 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| I screwed up, but don't want to do it again. Basics got me down to a situation that was a BUG+1 or Type 1 UR involving the same cell. But the cell had a different solution for each technique. I played the UR and finished. | 
			 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:31 am    Post subject:  | 
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				The chain is mine ... and the rest is my solver.
 
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		     c7    Naked  Pair                     <> 67   r35c7
 
 
   c1b4  Locked Triple                   <> 378  r456c2
 
 
 r9  b8  Locked Candidate 1              <> 2    r9c2
 
   c8b3  Locked Candidate 1              <> 4    r56c8
 
   c8b9  Locked Candidate 1              <> 8    r456c8
 
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 	  | Code: | 	 		   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 |  2      3      7      |  9      48     18     |  5      14     6      |
 
 |  6      1      9      |  7      245    25     |  8      24     3      |
 
 |  5      4      8      |  23     26     1236   |  19     127    79     |
 
 |-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------|
 
 | *78+3   256    1      |  238    9      4      |  67     3567  *78     |
 
 |  38     269    246    |  5      28     7      |  19     136    489    |
 
 | *78+3   59     45     |  6      1      38     |  2      357   *78+49  |
 
 |-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------|
 
 |  1      5678   56     |  4      5678   568    |  3      9      2      |
 
 |  4      2678   26     |  1      3      9      |  67     678    5      |
 
 |  9      5678   3      |  28     25678  2568   |  4      678    1      |
 
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 # 77 eliminations remain
 
 
              |   <78> UR r46c19  |
 
(5=49)r6c23 - [(49)r6c9 = (3)r46c1] - (3=8)r5c1 - (8=2)r5c5 - r4c4 = (2)r4c2  =>  r4c2<>5
 
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 	  | Code: | 	 		   r6      Naked  Triple                   <> 378  r6c9
 
 
 <37+8>  XY-Wing  r6c8/r4c9+r6c6         <> 8    r4c4
 
 
   c6    Naked  Triple                   <> 256  r3c6
 
 
 <28+3>  XY-Wing  r5c5/r4c4+r5c1         <> 3    r4c1
 
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		peterj
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:02 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Ouch! I wasn't expecting that... had to deploy one of my "Almost xy-chains"
 
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		  almost xy-chain (8=3)r5c1-(3=1 fin 6)r5c8-(1=4)r1c8-(4=8)r1c5; r5c5<>8 
 
fin (6)r5c8- (6=78)r4c79-(78=3)r4c1-(3=8)r5c1; r5c5<>8
 
 
xy-wing(37-8) r6c8; r4c4<>8 | 	 
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