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		Clement
 
 
  Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1113 Location: Dar es Salaam Tanzania
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				 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:17 pm    Post subject: Dec 19 VH | 
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| 7  9  8  | 5  4  6   | 1   3  2 |
 
| 24 1  6  | 27 78 3   | 5   48 9 |
 
| 24 3  5  | 9  1  *28  | 48  6  7 |
 
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| 5  6  9  | 8  3  1   | 7   2  4 |
 
| 8  4  1  | 6  2  7   | 9   5  3 |
 
| 3  7  2  | 4  9  5   | 6   1  8 |
 
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| 9  5  34 | 23 6  248 | 248 7  1 |
 
| 6  *28 47 | 1  78 -248 | 3   9  5 |
 
| 1  28 37 | 37 5  9   | 248 48 6 |
 
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 | 	  W-Wing 28 in BOX 27 with SL 8 in col 5; r8c6<>2. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:48 am    Post subject:  | 
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| 7  9  8  | 5  4  6   | 1   3  2 |
 
| 24 1  6  | 27 78 3   | 5   48 9 |
 
| 24 3  5  | 9  1  28  | 48  6  7 |
 
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| 5  6  9  | 8  3  1   | 7   2  4 |
 
| 8  4  1  | 6  2  7   | 9   5  3 |
 
| 3  7  2  | 4  9  5   | 6   1  8 |
 
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| 9  5  34 | 23 6  248 | 248 7  1 |
 
| 6  28 47 | 1  78 248 | 3   9  5 |
 
| 1  28 37 | 37 5  9   | 248 48 6 |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
Using only the standard VH techniques, I needed three moves.
 
 
X-Wing (8), r37
 
X-Wing (4), c36
 
XYZ-Wing (248, pivot r7c6 | 
			 
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		kuskey
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:41 am    Post subject: Dec 19 VH | 
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				Marty:
 
If you examine the intersection of r9 with box 9 in your grid you see that r7c7<>4 thus negating the x-wing in 4. After taking the x-wing in 8 the solution is either  your mentioned XYZ-wing <248> or the BUG+1. | 
			 
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		roaa
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:36 am    Post subject: Dec 19 VH | 
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				| After the x-wing on 8, the xy-wing 234 pivoting in r7c4 solves the puzzle. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:12 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Thanks. I can't seem to shed the problem of missing some basics from time to time.    | 
			 
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		George Woods
 
 
  Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 304 Location: Dorset UK
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				 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:20 pm    Post subject: yet another almost an xy wing is a single stepper | 
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				| assume that r8c6 <> 8 then XY 234 pivoted at r7c4 quickly leads to  r8c5=8, So r7c6 cannot be 8 and this solves it | 
			 
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