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		Earl
 
 
  Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Victoria, KS
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:08 am    Post subject: Nov 24 VH | 
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				Single step: xy-wing (126).
 
 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:47 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Again, this puzzle was not truly a VH; basics took more time than finding the first normal XY-wing to finish it off.
 
 
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		crunched
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:39 am    Post subject: Re: Nov 24 VH | 
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				[quote="Earl"]Single step: xy-wing (126).
 
 
Earl[/quote
 
 
I did not find a single wing solution to work for me. Below is where I arrived after basics. 2 xy wings (including one of yours) is what I (thought I) needed.
 
On second look, the 1-2-6 xy wing resolves it entirely.  My other xy wing was 1-2-5.
 
 
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| 8   46  69  | 3  5  49 | 1  2  7 |
 
| 25  7   259 | 29 1  8  | 4  3  6 |
 
| 124 3   12  | 24 6  7  | 8  5  9 |
 
+-------------+----------+---------+
 
| 7   26  4   | 8  29 1  | 5  69 3 |
 
| 3   125 125 | 46 29 46 | 7  19 8 |
 
| 9   8   16  | 7  3  5  | 2  16 4 |
 
+-------------+----------+---------+
 
| 56  59  7   | 1  4  3  | 69 8  2 |
 
| 24  24  3   | 5  8  69 | 69 7  1 |
 
| 16  19  8   | 69 7  2  | 3  4  5 |
 
+-------------+----------+---------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site] | 
			 
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		LloydB
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:58 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| The xyz wing 124 in box 1 finished it off for me. | 
			 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:15 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | The xyz wing 124 in box 1 finished it off for me. | 	  
 
 
Same here. | 
			 
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		Clement
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:27 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| XYZ-Wing <125>r5c3 as the apex eliminating <1> in r6c3 solves the puzzle. | 
			 
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		crunched
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:48 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| This message board shows---at my site---that there is only one reply to this thread, when in fact there are about 6 replies. What's up with that? | 
			 
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