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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:07 pm    Post subject: Times SF9 |   |  
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				| Last in the series 
  	  | Code: |  	  | Puzzle: TimesSF9 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . 3 | . 7 . | . 2 . |
 | . 2 . | 9 . . | . . . |
 | . . 6 | . 5 2 | 9 . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | 5 7 . | . . . | . . . |
 | . 9 . | 8 . 1 | . 3 . |
 | . . . | . . . | . 4 8 |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . 7 | 1 3 . | 4 . . |
 | . . . | . . 9 | . 5 . |
 | . 3 . | . 2 . | 6 . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 Keith
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
 Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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				|  Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:36 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------+----------+--------------+
 | 9   14 3  | 6   7 48 | 58  2   145  |
 | 47  2  5  | 9   1 48 | 378 67  3467 |
 | 147 8  6  | 3   5 2  | 9   17  147  |
 +-----------+----------+--------------+
 | 5   7  8  | 2   4 3  | 1   69  69   |
 | 24  9  24 | 8   6 1  | 57  3   57   |
 | 3   6  1  | 57  9 57 | 2   4   8    |
 +-----------+----------+--------------+
 | 28  5  7  | 1   3 6  | 4   89  29   |
 | 6   14 24 | 47  8 9  | 37  5   1237 |
 | 148 3  9  | 457 2 57 | 6   178 17   |
 +-----------+----------+--------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 This was more user-friendly than SF8.
   
 Type 1 UR (57); r9c4<>57.
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		| Clement 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:03 pm    Post subject: Times SF9 |   |  
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				| X-Wing on 1 in row 18; r39c9<>1 also solves it. |  | 
	
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| There is a quad in col 9 which solves it using basic moves.  |  | 
	
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:41 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| All three solutions are correct. 
 There are complementary X-wings on 1:  One in the rows, the other in the columns.
 
 Keith
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:46 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | keith wrote: |  	  | All three solutions are correct. 
 There are complementary X-wings on 1:  One in the rows, the other in the columns.
 
 Keith
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 I agree that all three solutions are correct, but I think Dan's is more correct than the others. We should never get to the point of needing advanced moves if there are more basics to be resolved.
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:12 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | We should never get to the point of needing advanced moves if there are more basics to be resolved. | 
 
 All roads lead to Rome.
 
 Keith
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