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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:27 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 10/03/11 (A) | 
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 | 9 2 . | . . . | . . 4 |
 
 | 3 5 . | . 2 . | 7 6 . |
 
 | . . 1 | . 4 . | . 5 . |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . . . | 6 . . | . . . |
 
 | . 4 3 | . 1 . | . . . |
 
 | . . . | . . 2 | . 1 3 |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . 3 . | . . . | 5 . 1 |
 
 | . 7 2 | . . 4 | . 9 . |
 
 | 1 . . | . . 7 | 2 . . |
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:09 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I used three steps, but it was probably a one-stepper if I looked for things in a different sequence.
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  XY-Wing (896)
 
Type 4 UR (28)
 
Finned X-Wing (5) | 	 
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		storm_norm
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:13 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Code: | 	 		  +-------------------+------------------------+------------+
 
| 9     2     8     | 57     567      56     | 1   3   4  |
 
| 3     5     4     | 8      2        1      | 7   6   9  |
 
| 7     6     1     | (39)   4        (39)   | 8   5   2  |
 
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| 258   1     57(9) | 6      578(39)  58(39) | 4   28  57 |
 
| 2568  4     3     | 579    1        589    | 69  28  57 |
 
| 568   89    5679  | 4      5789     2      | 69  1   3  |
 
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| 4     3     6-9   | 2      689      689    | 5   7   1  |
 
| 568   7     2     | 1      56       4      | 3   9   68 |
 
| 1     8(9)  56(9) | 5(39)  56(39)   7      | 2   4   68 |
 
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the only other 3's or 9's in the rows of the BUG-lite are the 9's in r4c3
 
and the 9's in r9c23
 
eliminates the 9 in r7c3.
 
 
leads to UR(28)r45c18 type 1, r5c1 <> 28 | 
			 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:11 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Very similar to Marty's solution.
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  finned x-wing 5,
 
type 1 UR28,
 
xy-wing -689.
 
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