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		| daj95376 
 
 
 Joined: 23 Aug 2008
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				|  Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:31 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 10/10/31: A13 Advanced |   |  
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				| I'm hanging up my hat on posting puzzles. Today's puzzles are the last. 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------------------+ | 4 . . | . 6 5 | 2 1 3 |
 | . 6 . | . . . | 4 . . |
 | . . . | . 9 4 | 5 . . |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | . . . | . . . | . . . |
 | 1 . 6 | . 7 2 | 8 . . |
 | 3 . 2 | . 8 . | 1 . 5 |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | 7 2 9 | . 5 8 | 6 . . |
 | 5 . . | . . . | . 8 . |
 | 6 . . | . . 1 | . . 2 |
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		| peterj 
 
 
 Joined: 26 Mar 2010
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 Location: London, UK
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:11 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| The UR is the only step - I think... 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | type 2 UR(13) r38c23 ; r8c9<>4, r9c23<>4 | 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:45 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Peter, I was just going to try this again, but reading your post saved me the trouble because I had the same step and similar doubt. |  | 
	
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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:41 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| My solver had three steps prior to the UR Type 2. I never thought to check to see if any of them were extraneous. Congratulations Peter and Marty on bypassing the useless steps! |  | 
	
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