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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:26 am    Post subject: Set J Puzzle 62 -- VH+ |   |  
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				| Since I'm getting minimal/zero responses on VH and modest level puzzles, I'm going to post more difficult puzzles exclusively from now on. 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------------------+ | 3 . . | . . . | . 9 . |
 | . . . | . . . | 5 . . |
 | . . 7 | . 9 . | 6 4 . |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | . . . | 3 . . | 4 . . |
 | . . 1 | . 5 7 | . . 2 |
 | . . . | . 4 1 | . 7 5 |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | . 7 5 | 9 . . | . 2 . |
 | 4 . 9 | . . 5 | 8 . 6 |
 | . . . | . 6 4 | . 5 . |
 +-----------------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Ratings are Accumulative
 
 Basics: Naked/Hidden Single, Naked Pair/Triple, Locked Candidate 1/2
 
 Basics+: Naked Quad, Hidden Pair/Triple/Quad
 
 VH: BUG+1, UR Type 1, X-Wing, XY-Wing, XYZ-Wing
 
 VH+: 2-String Kite, Empty Rectangle, Remote Pair, Skyscraper, Colors, UR Type 2
 
 Advanced: finned/Sashimi X-Wing, Multiple Colors, Swordfish, M-Wing, W-Wing, XY-Chain
 
 Extreme: Jellyfish, (but mostly) Chain
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		| wapati 
 
 
 Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:56 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Skyscrapers make the path shorter than kites and ERs do. 
 It is still a 7 step puzzle for me.
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:13 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I had three steps as follows, assuming a pincer transport is not considered an additional step.  	  | Quote: |  	  | Useless xy-wing<128> with pivot <28> at r4c5 and two pincer transports, Kite on <1> in box <2>, and
 xy-wing <126> with pivot <12> at r2c1 and psuedo-cell pincer <26> in box <4>
 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:40 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Yikes, it was a ten-stepper!! But fun. |  |  
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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:34 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| As long as it's fun, then my objective has been satisfied.  |  |  
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