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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:50 pm    Post subject: Free Press 24 April, 2009 |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | Puzzle: FP042409 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 4 8 | 3 . 2 | 9 . . |
 | 1 6 . | . . . | . . 2 |
 | . . . | . 6 . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . 4 6 | 7 . . |
 | . 2 . | . 3 . | . 4 . |
 | . . 7 | 8 9 . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . 8 . | . . . |
 | 2 . . | . . . | . 8 7 |
 | . . 9 | 7 . 1 | 4 6 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
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		| storm_norm 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:43 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| the 23rd letter of the alphabet has meaning with this puzzle. |  | 
	
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
 Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:38 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I used an XY-Wing (153), then transported a pincer for more eliminations, then finished with Remote Pairs). After the wing, I wondered if the Remote Pairs might've been available earlier, but I didn't do it a second time to find out. |  | 
	
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:06 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Marty, 
 I believe this one can be solved with only a remote pair.  My own p&p solution was not that simple.
 
 Keith
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:04 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I did try it again and see that Remote Pairs can do it if I bypass the XY-Wing. |  | 
	
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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 Location: Northern California Foothills
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:54 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| A skyscraper on 3 also completes the puzzle. 
 Ted
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		| cgordon 
 
 
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 Location: ontario, canada
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I don't know what you call an ER with two hinges - but anyway there are only two <3>s in R8. The left one goes thru the hinge in B4 to whack R4C8 - the right one does the same thru the hinge in B3. Ted's skyscraper probably did the same thing more easily.
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