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		ravel
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:09 pm    Post subject: VH+ by m_b_metcalf (game 0049) | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		   +-------+-------+-------+
 
 | . . . | . . . | 1 2 . |
 
 | . . . | 3 4 . | . . . |
 
 | . . 3 | . . . | 5 6 . |
 
 +-------+-------+-------+
 
 | . 7 . | . . . | . . 8 |
 
 | . 4 . | . 7 . | . . 2 |
 
 | . . . | . . 1 | . . . |
 
 +-------+-------+-------+
 
 | 5 . 8 | . . . | 3 . . |
 
 | 6 . 1 | . . . | . . . |
 
 | . . . | 8 2 . | . . . |
 
 +-------+-------+-------+ m_b_metcalf
 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:03 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I enjoyed the basic line/box eliminations - one led to another.  Used a simple UR but then got stuck and had to resort to Remote Pairs (56).  Though I bet I missed a wing or two. | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:28 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				The 6-cell remote pair<56> was fairly obvious, as was the UR on<47>. I then had a kite, multi-coloring and coloring all on <5> followed by a xy-wing on <567> that deleted another <5> to kill the beast.
 
 
Ravel, a really nice puzzle. Thanks much .......
 
 
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		cgordon
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| ...Actually my beast was slain with just the UR and remote pairs. | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:32 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | cgordon wrote: | 	 		  | ...Actually my beast was slain with just the UR and remote pairs. | 	  
 
I worked the puzzle again with identical results except I did not need the remote pair; I must have missed a basic elimination the first time. 
 
 
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 | 479   56    47    | 5679  5689  789   | 1     2     3     |
 
 | 2     1     56    | 3     4     56    | 8     7     9     |
 
 | 79    8     3     | 1279  19    279   | 5     6     4     |
 
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 
 | 13    7     569   | 2569  569   239   | 4     1359  8     |
 
 | 138   4     569   | 569   7     38    | 69    13    2     |
 
 | 38    56    2     | 4     89    1     | 7     39    56    |
 
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 
 | 5     2     8     | 1679  169   79    | 3     4     67    |
 
 | 6     9     1     | 57    3     4     | 2     8     57    |
 
 | 47    3     47    | 8     2     56    | 69    59    1     |
 
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 We have a type 1 UR <47> in r19c13 that makes r1c1=9.
 
 
At this point, I don't see a remote pair elimination. My first time, I removed <56> from r9c9, but on my second pass those digits were removed by basics.
 
 
For me, I then completed the puzzle using a kite, multi-coloring and coloring on <5> followed by a xy-wing on <567>.
 
 
Craig, did you have different code after basics or did I miss a simple deletion?
 
 
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		cgordon
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:13 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | Craig, did you have different code after basics or did I miss a simple deletion?  | 	  
 
 
Sorry, I chucked the puzzle - but I seem to recall a triple or two and maybe even a quad.  In fact, I thought it was the basics of this puzzle that made it so exceptional. 
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:04 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| I never saw a remote pairs elimination. Used the Type 1, XY-Wing on 893, two ERs on 5, Skyscraper on 5, two hidden URs, and a W-Wing on 67 followed by pincer coloring on same. A fun puzzle. | 
			 
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