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		| crunched 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:20 am    Post subject: Aug 13 VH |   |  
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				| Here is the grid after basics. 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | Below is how I solved it xyz wing 3-4-9, taking out the 3 in c3r9
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  	  | Code: |  	  | +-------------+-------------+----------+
 | 57  9   4   | 136 136  8  | 2 36  57 |
 | 37  6   8   | 34  2    5  | 9 1   47 |
 | 2   1   35  | 346 7    9  | 8 36  45 |
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 | 6   45  9   | 7   145  12 | 3 25  8  |
 | 1   345 2   | 39  8    34 | 7 59  6  |
 | 8   35  7   | 369 356  26 | 4 259 1  |
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 | 34  7   1   | 5   9    34 | 6 8   2  |
 | 359 2   356 | 8   36   7  | 1 4   39 |
 | 349 8   36  | 2   1346 16 | 5 7   39 |
 +-------------+-------------+----------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site[/quote]
 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:12 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| An alternative solution is: 
 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | W-Wing on the 36s in boxes 78, connected by the 3s in the same boxes | 
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		| tippwell 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:09 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I didn't find Crunched's xyz wing without his help. I had noticed that R1C4 contained the only 1 in col 4, and this led to a 36 pair in col5 which gave some more simplification in rows 6 and 9. 
 XYZ wings are my next resource after xy and x wings, but I've found recent ones tricky - need more, more, more .....
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:48 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| There is a swordfish on 3 which makes the xyz-wing into an xy_wing. Why use two steps when one will do? |  | 
	
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		| wapati 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:09 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  | There is a swordfish on 3 which makes the xyz-wing into an xy_wing. Why use two steps when one will do? | 
 
 Tose poor 3s inr89c1!  A swordfis, jellyfish and a UR all are primed to eradicate them!
 
 As for te puzzle, a w-wing makes te same elimination as te mentioned xyz wing.
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:05 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Basics are not complete in the grid posted above.  You can get to here: I used the 4-cell chain (extended XY-wing) abcd to take out <3> in R7C1. 	  | Code: |  	  | +-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 57  9   4   | 1   36  8   | 2   36  57  |
 | 37  6   8   | 34  2   5   | 9   1   47  |
 | 2   1   35  | 346 7   9   | 8   36  45  |
 +-------------+-------------+-------------+
 | 6   45  9   | 7   14  12  | 3   25  8   |
 | 1   45  2   | 39  8   34  | 7   59  6   |
 | 8   3   7   | 69  5   26  | 4   29  1   |
 +-------------+-------------+-------------+
 |-34  7   1   | 5   9   34d | 6   8   2   |
 | 359 2   356 | 8   36  7   | 1   4   39  |
 | 349 8   36a | 2   14b 16c | 5   7   39  |
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:56 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | I used the 4-cell chain (extended XY-wing) abcd to take out <3> in R7C1. | 
 Keith,strictly from a terminology standpoint, what makes that an Extended XY-Wing? I see either an XY-Chain or an XY-Wing using a pseudo cell.
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		| crunched 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:57 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Keith: Methinks you have b & c reversed.
 
 
  	  | keith wrote: |  	  | Basics are not complete in the grid posted above.  You can get to here: I used the 4-cell chain (extended XY-wing) abcd to take out <3> in R7C1. 	  | Code: |  	  | +-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 57  9   4   | 1   36  8   | 2   36  57  |
 | 37  6   8   | 34  2   5   | 9   1   47  |
 | 2   1   35  | 346 7   9   | 8   36  45  |
 +-------------+-------------+-------------+
 | 6   45  9   | 7   14  12  | 3   25  8   |
 | 1   45  2   | 39  8   34  | 7   59  6   |
 | 8   3   7   | 69  5   26  | 4   29  1   |
 +-------------+-------------+-------------+
 |-34  7   1   | 5   9   34d | 6   8   2   |
 | 359 2   356 | 8   36  7   | 1   4   39  |
 | 349 8   36a | 2   14b 16c | 5   7   39  |
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:41 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Marty, 	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  |  	  | Quote: |  	  | I used the 4-cell chain (extended XY-wing) abcd to take out <3> in R7C1. | 
 Keith,strictly from a terminology standpoint, what makes that an Extended XY-Wing? I see either an XY-Chain or an XY-Wing using a pseudo cell.
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 Yes.  Some have called the 4-cell chain with a pseudo-cell an extended XY-wing.
 
 If an XY-wing is XZ-XY-YZ, then I usually think of an extended wing as something like XZ-XY-XY-XY-YZ.
 
 Keith
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | crunched wrote: |  	  | Keith: Methinks you have b & c reversed.
 
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 crunched,
 
 You are correct!
 
 Keith
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