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		ZeroAssoluto
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:12 am    Post subject: Sep 17 VH | 
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				Hi everyone 
 
 
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| 23689 269  389 | 4  7    25   | 18 158 19  |
 
| 4     29   89  | 1  25   3    | 6  578 79  |
 
| 1     7    5   | 9  6    8    | 3  4   2   |
 
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| 289   1    489 | 5  234  24   | 7  68  36  |
 
| 5     3    6   | 78 19   79   | 18 2   4   |
 
| 28    24   7   | 38 1234 6    | 5  9   13  |
 
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| 7     8    2   | 6  49   1    | 49 3   5   |
 
| 369   4569 1   | 2  3459 4579 | 49 67  8   |
 
| 369   4569 349 | 37 8    4579 | 2  167 167 |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
XY-Wing 1,3,8 in r5c7,r6c49 and -8 in r5c4
 
 
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		TomC
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:08 am    Post subject:  | 
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+------------------+----------------+------------+
 
| 23689  269   389 | 4   7     25   | 18 158 19  |
 
| 4      29    89  | 1   25    3    | 6  578 79  |
 
| 1      7     5   | 9   6     8    | 3  4   2   |
 
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| 289    1     489 | 5   234*  24*  | 7  68  36  |
 
| 5      3     6   | 78  19    79   | 18 2   4   |
 
| 28*    24*   7   | 38* 1234  6    | 5  9   13  |
 
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| 7      8     2   | 6   49    1    | 49 3   5   |
 
| 369    4569  1   | 2   3459  4579 | 49 67  8   |
 
| 369    4569  349 | 37  8     4579 | 2  167 167 |
 
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Not sure what this is, but the 5 * cells (containing 2348) form a pattern which eliminates 24 from r6c5 and solves the puzzle | 
			 
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		TomC
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:39 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| And it can eliminate 2 and 4 from r4c13 | 
			 
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		Mogulmeister
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:42 am    Post subject:  | 
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Nicely done Tom. One way of explaining this (others exist I am sure) is an ALS with two digit eliminations which is reasonably rare.
 
 
Set A {2,3,4,8}
 
Set B {2,3,4}
 
 
 
The restricted common digit is 3 (r4c5,r6c4)
 
 
The 2's and 4's in red can see all the other 2's and 4's in A & B so are eliminated. These are the common candidates.
 
 
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		Mogulmeister
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:39 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I guess you could also view this as a slightly unconventional WXYZ wing - the 4 candidates are in 5 cells.
 
You can view the <38> in r6c4 as a hinge. 
 
 
If it’s 3 then you create a <24> locked pair in r4c56 eliminating all the 2s and 4s in the red cells. 
 
 
If it’s 8 then r6c12 become 2 and 4 making the same eliminations as above. | 
			 
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		TomC
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:59 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Indeed, many ways to describe this.
 
 
My first thought was to say that if r6c5 is either 2 or 4 then r6c4 would always be 3 leading to a contradiction in box 5
 
 
I then noticed the other elimination of 24's in box 4 | 
			 
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		Mogulmeister
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:50 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Also a contradiction with the 
 
 
ANP (24=3)r4c56-(3=8)r6c4 etc etc
 
 
Which puts a contradictory 3 in r4c9. | 
			 
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