Fiendish - 17th June - Game 173

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Fiendish - 17th June - Game 173

Postby Yellowbelly » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:16 pm

What is happeneing with the Times. Just been looking at the puzzle, and got stumped after so far. Then when completed I found out why -

845 769 132
726 513 849
193 824 675
281 3*7 *96
367 9*1 *28
954 286 713
639 175 284
412 698 357
578 432 961

r4c5 and 7 can have 4 or 5
r5c5 and 7 can also have 4 or 5

Have I missed anything. I asked the system to find a solution using numbers 49213 but the system has not responded
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Postby Animator » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:20 pm

That's strange... the 'system' did give a reply when I entered the number...

It shows that you are missing a clue. According to the solutions page there is a clue in r5c7. (the number 9).

(I cannot verify this in the Times since I don't have it, and the grid will only appear on their site tommorow)
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Postby Yellowbelly » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:25 pm

Yep just got the reply back from the system. I wrote it down wrong.

Stange One number missing from the same board, and I get a completly different answer, which can have two solutions.

Cheers
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