Help! Need a new technique for this one - USA Today Jan 13

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Help! Need a new technique for this one - USA Today Jan 13

Postby kdean63 » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:00 pm

Here's the original puzzle:
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..1|.2.|..3
.4.|5..|..6
.2.|7..|..1
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..6|.8.|...
..3|.1.|9..
...|.4.|5..
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5..|..2|.7.
8..|..3|.4.
9..|.7.|1..

Here's my pencil marks so far.  What' next?

67 89 1| 4689 2 4689|478 5 3
37 4 89|5 39 1|278 289 6
36 2 5|7 369 4689|48 89 1
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124 579 6|239 8 579|23 123 247
24 578 3|26 1 567|9 268 2478
12 789 89|2369 4 679|5 12368 278
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5 136 4|1689 69 2|368 7 89
8 16 7|169 5 3|26 4 29
9 36 2|468 7 468|1 38 5


Any suggestions & techniques for moving this forward are appreciated.
Gnerally, the puzzles in USA Today are easy, but this one is tough!
Thanks!
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Postby Animator » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:51 pm

The same question question is asked in: USA Today puzzle - Jan 13.
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