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		| Pat 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:36 am    Post subject: "too hard" — Mauricio (2008.Mar.14) |   |  
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..1..2..3.2..1..4.5..6..1....2..7..5.7..8..6.8..1..3....9..6..4.8..5..3.6..3..9..
 
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 . . 1 | . . 2 | . . 3
 . 2 . | . 1 . | . 4 .
 5 . . | 6 . . | 1 . .
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 . . 2 | . . 7 | . . 5
 . 7 . | . 8 . | . 6 .
 8 . . | 1 . . | 3 . .
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 . . 9 | . . 6 | . . 4
 . 8 . | . 5 . | . 3 .
 6 . . | 3 . . | 9 . .
 
 
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		| keith 
 
 
 Joined: 19 Sep 2005
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 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Pat, 
 That is a pretty incredible puzzle!
 
 Keith
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		| arkietech 
 
 
 Joined: 31 Jul 2008
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 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:01 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | keith wrote: |  	  | Pat, 
 That is a pretty incredible puzzle!
 
 Keith
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 Most difficult without a swordfish in your bag.
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:16 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I played two swordfish on 8 which didn't do much. I played a couple of long AICs, one each on 4 and 9 and then eliminated 3 from r3c2 because it led to an invalidity. Wouldn't want a steady diet of these things. |  | 
	
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:41 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Takes 3 swordfishes 2,7,4 in that order to solve it. (has intervening singles) |  | 
	
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		| SudoQ 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:16 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| r7c5<>2 r8c3<>7
 r5c4<>5
 
 or
 
 r9c5<>2 !
 
 /SudoQ
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