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[Yogi]

9.....2....7.....3.6.2...8.........2649...5...517...6...4..59.....1.46...9.......

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+---+---+---+
|9..|...|2..|
|..7|...|..3|
|.6.|2..|.8.|
+---+---+---+
|...|...|..2|
|649|...|5..|
|.51|7..|.6.|
+---+---+---+
|..4|..5|9..|
|...|1.4|6..|
|.9.|...|...|
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This is probably not a very hard puzzle to solve on a device which auto-calculates the candidates, but I thought it was quite interesting for pen & paper.

This again begs the question: should we have a division in this forum which is aimed at players who prefer to play with P&P, but would like to move up a little from newspaper fare and learn some useful techniques which could help?
This might help us to retain some of the new members who come in at that level but don’t find many of us talking the same language as them. They may of course eventually move on to solving with devices, but should we do something to encourage their interest while it remains mainly with P&P?

[Yogi]

So no-one has an opinion about this ?

[Leren]

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| 9    138  358 | 45  134578 1378 | 2  145  6    |
| 148  2    7   | 459 14568  1689 | 14 1459 3    |
| 134  6    35  | 2   1345   139  | 7  8    1459 |
|---------------+-----------------+--------------|
| 378  378  38  | 459 1456   169  | 14 149  2    |
| 6    4    9   |a38  1238   1238 | 5  7-3  178  |
| 2    5    1   | 7   48-3   89-3 |d38 6    489  |
|---------------+-----------------+--------------|
| 1378 1378 4   | 6   38     5    | 9  2    178  |
| 3578 378  2   | 1   9      4    | 6  37   578  |
| 15   9    6   |b38  27     27   |c38 145  145  |
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My opinion is it solves with basics and a Skyscraper. Leren