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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:08 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 10/01/10 (A) | 
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				Fun size?
 
 
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 | 5 . . | 3 . . | . . 1 |
 
 | . 6 . | 9 . . | 3 . . |
 
 | . . . | . 4 . | . . . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | 1 4 . | . . 9 | . 5 7 |
 
 | . . 6 | . 2 1 | 4 . 8 |
 
 | . . . | 4 6 . | . . . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . 5 . | . 9 . | 1 . . |
 
 | . . . | 1 . . | . 3 . |
 
 | 3 . . | 2 5 . | . . 4 |
 
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		arkietech
 
 
  Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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				 Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:03 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Two Steps: 	  | Quote: | 	 		  skyscraper 9
 
xy-wing 897
 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:34 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Three steps.
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  Kite 9 with pivot in box7,
 
xy-wing 2-89 with vertex in r1c2, 
 
xy-chain: (7)r8c5 = (7)r7c4 - (7=6)r3c4 - (6=2)r1c6 - (2=9)r1c2 - (9=7)r9c2; r8c2<>7 to complete the puzzle.
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:58 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I started with five ERs. After that it was an XY-Wing (897) plus a pincer transport and an XYZ-Wing (278). | 
			 
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