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nataraj



Joined: 03 Aug 2007
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Location: near Vienna, Austria

PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:29 am    Post subject: Special KRAMPUS edition Reply with quote

There is a holiday in Austria, today.

"Dec. 8 - St.Shopping"

Used to be one of these Catholic holidays, but now it's only like most people have a day off and all shops are open. Instead of shopping, I colllected some of the puzzles I did not include in the regular daily -o-Rama, because thay were too hard. Or maybe just too long.

Definitely a bit more of a challenge, I'd even say better come prepared with a computer Shocked but who knows ...

Special KRAMPUS 2010 Edition

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"Krampus" is St.Nicholas' Consort, the guy who punishes the kids, whereas Nikolaus gives small gifts. The puzzles in the collection are more of the Krampus type. Dec. 5 is Krampus day.
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Marty R.



Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA

PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
There is a holiday in Austria, today.

"Dec. 8 - St.Shopping"

Happy St. Shopping Day to and your fellow denizens of Mozartland. Very Happy

It's also the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's assassination. Sad Twisted Evil
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wapati



Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That last puzzle, 1645, has a nice Death Blossom which can turn it into a 2 stepper. (skyscraper)

The horizontal cells marked @ form an almost locked set.
Ditto for the cells marked #.

The only instance of 7 is in column 8.
If both were to be 7 not much good would happen.
Fortunately they cannot both be 7 so at least one is not.
If the one in row 4 isn't then a locked set of 1349 eliminates the 9 in r4c3.
If the one in row 7 isn't then it must be an 8 making r7c3 a 9.

This is about the easiest form of Death Blossom, I find them, sometimes.
The computer showed me this and I like it because it is so clear.
Code:
.------------------.-------------.----------------.
| 8     49   7     | 3    6  1   | 49    5    2   |
| 49    3    2     | 8    5  49  | 7     6    1   |
| 6     1    5     | 49   7  2   | 3489  34   38  |
:------------------+-------------+----------------:
|@149   8    1346-9|@149  2  5   |@134  @347  367 |
| 1459  7    13469 | 149  8  469 | 134   2    356 |
| 1245  245  146   | 7    3  46  | 148   9    568 |
:------------------+-------------+----------------:
| 279   29  #89    | 6    1  3   | 5    #78   4   |
| 3     6    18    | 5    4  7   | 2     18   9   |
| 1457  45   14    | 2    9  8   | 6     137  37  |
'------------------'-------------'----------------'
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peterj



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Natarj, thanks!
I have posted these puzzles individually so it is easier to track the solutions. Hope this is OK!
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wapati wrote:
That last puzzle, 1645, has a nice Death Blossom which can turn it into a 2 stepper. (skyscraper)


Amazing! I have read about the Death Blossom but never learned to recognize one, let alone find it. Thanks, wapati!

@peterj: no I don't mind at all, better have a separate thread for each one.
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ronk



Joined: 07 May 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wapati wrote:
That last puzzle, 1645, has a nice Death Blossom which can turn it into a 2 stepper. (skyscraper)

The horizontal cells marked @ form an almost locked set.
Ditto for the cells marked #.

The only instance of 7 is in column 8.
If both were to be 7 not much good would happen.
Fortunately they cannot both be 7 so at least one is not.
If the one in row 4 isn't then a locked set of 1349 eliminates the 9 in r4c3.
If the one in row 7 isn't then it must be an 8 making r7c3 a 9.

This is about the easiest form of Death Blossom, I find them, sometimes.

Most people would say that's an ALS-xz.
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wapati



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hobiwan lists this pattern separately under both names. I like the moniker "Death Blossom" better. Perhaps most people don't? Smile
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