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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:06 am    Post subject: Puzzle 10/02/25 (B) | 
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 | 4 . . | . 9 7 | . . . |
 
 | . . . | . . 5 | 3 . 4 |
 
 | . . . | 3 4 . | . . . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . . 2 | 9 . . | . 7 . |
 
 | 5 . 7 | . 2 6 | . . . |
 
 | 3 6 . | . 7 1 | . . . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . 2 . | . . . | . . 3 |
 
 | . . . | 7 . . | . . 6 |
 
 | . 3 . | . . . | 1 2 5 |
 
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		storm_norm
 
 
  Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1741
 
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				 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:51 am    Post subject:  | 
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				looked at this for a while.
 
I can solve it in two.
 
UR 49
 
then a almost locked triple {4,5,8} in r6c478 leads to r6c3 <> 8 | 
			 
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		arkietech
 
 
  Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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				 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:25 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Not knowing about locked triples    I had to use three steps:
 
ur 48
 
xyz-wing 258
 
remote pair 89 | 
			 
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		storm_norm
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:39 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | arkietech wrote: | 	 		  | Not knowing about locked triples | 	  
 
 
   
 
 
here is that almost locked triple that I was so vague about.
 
its in row 6, {4,5,8} in c478  if the 2 is false in r6c7
 
if the 2 is true.
 
(2)r6c7 - (2)r3c7 = (2-6)r3c1 = (6)r7c1 - (6=8)r7c3
 
in either case the 8 in r6c3 is eliminated.
 
 
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| 4       158   3     | 12    9  7  | 258     6      28  |
 
| 1289    7     189   | 12    6  5  | 3       189    4   |
 
| 19(26)  159   1569  | 3     4  8  | 59(2)   159    7   |
 
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| 18      4     2     | 9     5  3  | 6       7      18  |
 
| 5       19    7     | 48    2  6  | 48      3      19  |
 
| 3       6     9-8   | (48)  7  1  | (2458)  (458)  289 |
 
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| 89(6)   2     (68)  | 5     1  49 | 7       489    3   |
 
| 189     1589  14589 | 7     3  2  | 489     489    6   |
 
| 7       3     49    | 6     8  49 | 1       2      5   |
 
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als[(8)r6c478 = (2)r6c7] - (2)r3c7 = (2-6)r3c1 = (6)r7c1 - (6=8)r7c3; r6c3 <> 8 | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
  Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2468 Location: Northern California Foothills
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				 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:26 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I started with a ALS128 in r14c9.
 
ALS[(1)r1c4 = (8)r1c9]r1c49 - (8=1)r4c9 - r4c1 = r5c2; r1c2<>1.
 
 
Coloring on 8 or Type 1 UR14 (and probably other moves) completes the puzzle.
 
 
Ted
 
 
Edit: While having lunch I was thinking about this puzzle and realized that the ALS I used was simply a xy-wing, but since I was specifically looking for ALSs that is what I found and posted! | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:57 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Flightless XY-Wing (281) with pincer transport and Type 1 UR (49). | 
			 
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