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	|  Topic: April 1 Hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:37 am   Subject: April 1, Hard | 
  
	| Hi Swando, I was in similar "blind" mode on this one for days.
 This evening I finally saw the numbers that broke the log jam.
 
 Did you get it solved?  If not, I'll give a hint.
 Zoelly
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:19 am   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| When naked quads are made of subsets like those seen in box 9, I don't spot them easily.  I'm glad you pointed them out for me, Marty. 
 It's that the 4 appears in only two squares and the 2 appear ...
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:52 am   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Norm, Well, I kinda do know about all the red 8's, I think!
 
 Is that to show you're eyeballing them --- because you're working on the theory that they're part of a hidden pair?
 Green 7's, the same ...
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:40 am   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Hi Ho! I've solved the puzzle!
 
 Thanks to Nataraj, especially, for telling me to look at 3's in box 1.  There were so many 3's scattered about in this puzzle that I must have just started to igno ...
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:54 am   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| 8 . . |3 7.|. 4 . . 6 4|. . 1|. . .
 . 7 9|. 6 .|. . 2
 -----+----+-----
 4 . .|7 5 2|. . 8
 2 . .|. 1 . |. . 7
 7 . .|6 9 .|. . 1
 ----+---- +-----
 9 . .|. 3 .|5 . .
 . . . |5 . .| ...
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:48 am   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| I think you might be right, Norm. Hidden pairs can be so hard to find.
 I don't know the term "intersection."
 
 So far I've done FOUR Box-Line Reductions in this puzzle.
 1) In Box 1 be ...
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:25 pm   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| thanks! i'll keep studying the numbers
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	|  Topic: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Zoelly 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:31 am   Subject: March 4, '09, hard | 
  
	| Does this puzzle require any solution techniques beyond the basics: finding pairs, hidden pairs, box-line reduction, or row claiming? | 
  
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