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		immpy
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:27 pm    Post subject: VH+ 062321 | 
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				Hello all, enjoy the puzzle...
 
 
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+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 3 . . | . . 4 | . . . |
 
| . . . | 7 . 3 | . 9 . |
 
| . . 4 | . . . | . 1 7 |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . 1 . | . 8 5 |
 
| . . 6 | 4 . 2 | 9 . . |
 
| 8 2 . | . 5 . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 7 5 . | . . . | 4 . . |
 
| . 4 . | 8 . 9 | . . . |
 
| . . . | 2 . . | . . 9 |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
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cheers...immp | 
			 
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		TomC
 
 
  Joined: 30 Oct 2020 Posts: 359 Location: Wales
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:00 am    Post subject:  | 
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+-------------+-------+-------------+
 
| 3  7   58   | 1 9 4 | 568 56  2   |
 
| 12 18  1258 | 7 6 3 | 58  9   4   |
 
| 9  6   4    | 5 2 8 | 3   1   7   |
 
+-------------+-------+-------------+
 
| 4  9   7    | 3 1 6 | 2   8   5   |
 
| 5  13  6    | 4 8 2 | 9   7   13  |
 
| 8  2   13   | 9 5 7 | 16  4   136 |
 
+-------------+-------+-------------+
 
| 7  5   9    | 6 3 1 | 4   2   8   |
 
| 26 4   23   | 8 7 9 | 156 356 16  |
 
| 16 138 138  | 2 4 5 | 7   36  9   |
 
+-------------+-------+-------------+
 
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Good Puzzle
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  Using the cells in r1c38 and r9c38 makes r9c2 <> 3 as then no 8's in box 7 or two 3's in row 9
 
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		Mogulmeister
 
 
  Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1151
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:03 am    Post subject:  | 
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+-------------+-------+-------------+ 
 
| 3  7   58c  | 1 9 4 | 568 56d  2  | 
 
| 12 18b 1258 | 7 6 3 | 58  9   4   | 
 
| 9  6   4    | 5 2 8 | 3   1   7   | 
 
+-------------+-------+-------------+ 
 
| 4  9   7    | 3 1 6 | 2   8   5   | 
 
| 5  13a 6    | 4 8 2 | 9   7   13  | 
 
| 8  2   13   | 9 5 7 | 16  4   136 | 
 
+-------------+-------+-------------+ 
 
| 7  5   9    | 6 3 1 | 4   2   8   | 
 
| 26 4   23   | 8 7 9 | 156 356 16  | 
 
| 16 138 138  | 2 4 5 | 7   36e  9  | 
 
+-------------+-------+-------------+
 
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Good Puzzle Immpy!
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | Not quite as elegant as Tom's but a conventional xy chain. Pincers for 3 at a and e remove the 3 in r9c2  | 	 
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		dongrave
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:39 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Starting with TomC's grid I used the following chain:
 
 
1r5c2 = r5c9 - (1=6)r8c9 - (6=2)r8c1 - (2=1)r2c1 => r2c2 <> 1; stte. | 
			 
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		immpy
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:18 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Thank you friends for the comments. Yes, one good XY-chain solves this one. Nicely done.
 
 
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