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		| hughwill 
 
 
 Joined: 05 Apr 2010
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 Location: Birmingham UK
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:09 am    Post subject: Feb 14 VH |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +--------------+------------+--------------+
 | 9    12  7   | 8    6  3  | 4   5   12   |
 | 23   4   8   | 1    5  7  | 6   29  239  |
 | 35   135 6   | 9    4  2  | 38  7   138  |
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 | 2345 235 1   | 2457 78 9  | 278 24  6    |
 | 8    7   249 | 24   1  6  | 29  3   5    |
 | 6    25  249 | 3    78 45 | 1   249 2789 |
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 | 1    8   24  | 457  3  45 | 279 6   279  |
 | 24   6   5   | 47   9  1  | 237 8   237  |
 | 7    9   3   | 6    2  8  | 5   1   4    |
 +--------------+------------+--------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 I couldn't get it down from 3:
  	  | Quote: |  	  | 45-2 XY-Wing pivot r6c6 -2r5c3 :  29-4 XY-wing pivot r5c7 r8c1=4 : 29-3 XYZ-Wing pivot r2c9 r1c9=1 stte
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 Hugh
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		| KenP 
 
 
 Joined: 01 Jun 2016
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 Location: Boise, Idaho
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:20 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hi! New here. Recently learned wing techniques and am having fun going through the archives and solving the "Very Hard" ones. I enjoy checking my techniques against others. I see no solution on this one (Feb 14, 2016). Is there one somewhere else? It took me two XY-wings and an XYZ-wing to get it to work. It would be nice if there is any easier way that I could learn from. Thanks! 
 Ken
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hi Ken and welcome. Don't hesitate to post any questions or comments. Sometimes when making the first post about a puzzle, the poster hides his solution so as not to be a spoiler. You do that by typing your solution in a quote box and  changing the font color to white so the white on white isn't visible. That's what Hugh has done here. Select the quote box to see the solution. |  | 
	
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		| KenP 
 
 
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 Location: Boise, Idaho
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:31 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Thanks, Marty! I had noticed that some people commented on a solution that didn't seem to be there. Makes sense now. |  | 
	
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