Papy wrote:I have selected two grids in the Gordon files
here are the initial candidate (or pencilmark) grids for the two puzzles
commented with the number of cells with i candidates
e.g., 17 cells have 1 candidate (the clues), 3 cells have 2 candidates, etc.
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# 17.3.5.16.24.13.3.0.0
24568 3 124689 | 2489 2689 24689 | 468 7 12458
24678 12467 124678 | 5 2368 24678 | 3468 9 12348
245678 245679 246789 | 1 23689 246789 | 3468 234568 23458
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3456 8 13469 | 49 7 14569 | 2 34 349
2467 124679 124679 | 2489 12689 3 | 5 48 4789
23457 24579 23479 | 2489 2589 24589 | 1 348 6
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1 247 5 | 6 2389 2789 | 34789 2348 234789
9 2467 234678 | 2378 12358 12578 | 34678 1234568 1234578
23678 267 23678 | 23789 4 125789 | 36789 123568 1235789
# 17.3.7.11.29.8.5.1.0
12368 125678 135678 | 9 13568 4 | 568 13568 13568
134689 1456789 13456789 | 1367 13568 13578 | 45689 13568 2
1234689 1245689 1345689 | 1236 13568 12358 | 7 13568 1345689
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169 169 169 | 8 1569 12579 | 3 4 15679
5 14689 2 | 13467 13469 1379 | 689 1678 16789
7 14689 134689 | 12346 134569 12359 | 25689 12568 15689
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2489 24589 4589 | 34 7 6 | 1 2358 3458
14689 146789 146789 | 5 2 1389 | 468 3678 34678
12468 3 145678 | 14 148 18 | 24568 9 45678