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		| prakash 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:39 pm    Post subject: May 3 VH |   |  
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				| As usual, I went the XY wing route. 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:58 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I played around with the potential 46 DP in boxes 17 and any of the DP killers force the same cell which solves it. |  | 
	
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		| peterj 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:22 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| There's also a little w-wing in the same part of the grid.. 
 
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		| sdq_pete 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:29 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I found a 259 XY wing enough Peter
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:49 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | I played around with the potential 46 DP in boxes 17 and any of the DP killers force the same cell which solves it. | 
 
 Another possibility that I explored was the 6-cell DP 127 in r45c347. I was able to deduce r4c7<>2, but it was not a productive deletion.
 
 Ted
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:36 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | tlanglet wrote: |  	  |  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | I played around with the potential 46 DP in boxes 17 and any of the DP killers force the same cell which solves it. | 
 
 Another possibility that I explored was the 6-cell DP 127 in r45c347. I was able to deduce r4c7<>2, but it was not a productive deletion.
 
 Ted
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 I saw that as well and didn't see much potential.
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		| Wendy W 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:28 pm    Post subject: Re: May 3 VH |   |  
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				| Same as Peter & Prakash for me. |  | 
	
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