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		Earl
 
 
  Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Victoria, KS
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:48 am    Post subject: July 9 VH | 
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				A number of paths appear, but this one is as a direct route.
 
 
A Solution:  Coloring in (4) eliminates the 4 in R1C4 and solves the puzzle.
 
 
 
Early Earl | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:34 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Basically the same, but I used Remote Pairs (46). | 
			 
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		crunched
 
 
  Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 168
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:27 am    Post subject: Re: July 9 VH | 
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				 	  | Earl wrote: | 	 		  A number of paths appear, but this one is as a direct route.
 
 
A Solution:  Coloring in (4) eliminates the 4 in R1C4 and solves the puzzle.
 
 
 
Early Earl | 	  
 
 
Below the grid after (all?) basics. 
 
An xy wing did it for me.
 
 
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| 23468 46 2468 | 47   57 458 | 9 1 23 |
 
| 2348  9  248  | 1    48 6   | 5 7 23 |
 
| 7     1  5    | 3    2  9   | 6 4 8  |
 
+---------------+-------------+--------+
 
| 1     2  89   | 5    89 3   | 7 6 4  |
 
| 4689  46 3    | 4679 67 48  | 2 5 1  |
 
| 5     7  46   | 46   1  2   | 3 8 9  |
 
+---------------+-------------+--------+
 
| 69    8  7    | 69   3  1   | 4 2 5  |
 
| 249   5  249  | 8    49 7   | 1 3 6  |
 
| 46    3  1    | 2    56 45  | 8 9 7  |
 
+---------------+-------------+--------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site | 
			 
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		arkietech
 
 
  Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:03 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| A kite on 4 did it for me | 
			 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:11 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| An ER using C2 and Box 5 also eliminates the <4> in R1C4. | 
			 
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		gindaani
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:12 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| All I needed was the trusty xy-wing (894). | 
			 
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		swando
 
 
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:01 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Been away and when I came back I hoped to have a tough challenge.. This one should be in the medium variety.  Basic elimation of the 9  did it for me | 
			 
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