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				|  Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:41 am    Post subject: Dec 20 Hard (with VH solutions) |   |  
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				| We don't normally discuss Hards but 
 
 After most (but not all) basics
  	  | Code: |  	  | +------------+----------+------------+
 | 38 38   7  | 1  46  2 | 9  46  5   |
 | 5  1    2  | 46 8   9 | 36 467 367 |
 | 6  4    9  | 5  3   7 | 2  1   8   |
 +------------+----------+------------+
 | 37 35   6  | 8  2   1 | 4  57  9   |
 | 78 2    58 | 9  567 4 | 1  3   67  |
 | 1  9    4  | 67 567 3 | 8  567 2   |
 +------------+----------+------------+
 | 4  3678 38 | 37 9   5 | 36 2   1   |
 | 2  356  35 | 34 1   8 | 7  9   346 |
 | 9  37   1  | 2  47  6 | 5  8   34  |
 +------------+----------+------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 At this point I didn't bother with the basics solution as there are no less
 than 3 XY-wings which convert this to an 'easy' puzzle: 2 47-3 wings both
 pivoted on r9c5 and a 58-3 pivoted on r5c3. Makes the humble 'Hard'
 a bit more interesting...
 Hugh
 
 PS Of course the box-line interaction removing the 3s from c2 in Box 7
 sorts it out but that's not much fun......
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