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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:12 am    Post subject: March 2 VH | 
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| 156 9 56  | 4  8 7 | 12 3   126 |
 
| 3   7 4   | 56 2 1 | 58 9   68  |
 
| 16  8 2   | 56 9 3 | 7  156 4   |
 
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| 58  6 3   | 2  1 9 | 58 4   7   |
 
| 2   4 58  | 7  3 6 | 19 15  189 |
 
| 9   1 7   | 8  4 5 | 3  26  26  |
 
+-----------+--------+------------+
 
| 4   2 19  | 3  5 8 | 6  7   19  |
 
| 68  3 689 | 1  7 4 | 29 28  5   |
 
| 7   5 18  | 9  6 2 | 4  18  3   |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | Overlapping XY-Wings, 58-1 and 15-8, pivoted in r5c3 and r5c8, respectively | 	 
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		williamholiday
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:03 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I didn't see Marty's but stumbled onto a one stepper:
 
xyz(29-1) p:r8c7 r1c9<>1 | 
			 
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		hughwill
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:53 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | williamholiday wrote: | 	 		  I didn't see Marty's but stumbled onto a one stepper:
 
xyz(29-1) p:r8c7 r1c9<>1 | 	  
 
 
Yes that's the one (29-1 xy-wing) I saw, then I noticed that the key elimination
 
that follows (r2c9<>6) is also produced by a 16-2 xyz-wing  pivot r1c9. 
 
(I always give thanks for these small matters of interest in the puzzles!)
 
 
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		williamholiday
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:38 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Which is more difficult, the puzzles or the terminology? I'm going to use xyz when there 3 evaluations and xy with 2 from now on.       | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:55 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		   key elimination
 
that follows (r2c9<>6) is also produced by a 16-2 xyz-wing pivot r1c9.  | 	  
 
 
The value of "Z" is 2, the number common to all three cells. In order for there to be a direct elimination, there would have to be a 2 in either r2c9 or r3c9.
 
 
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