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Postby rliu » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:01 am

Hi all,

The following is the today's puzzle from Apple Daily:

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2 3 . | . . 8 | 4 . .
. . 5 | 4 . . | . 6 .
. . 8 | . . 2 | . . .
------+-------+------
. . . | . 6 5 | . 2 .
. . . | 2 . 4 | . . .
. 1 . | 9 8 . | . . .
------+-------+------
. . . | 8 . . | 7 . .
. 7 . | . . 9 | 3 . .
. . 3 | 5 . . | . 8 9


I can only reach at this point and stuck:

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2     3     16   | 67    59    8      | 4     1579  157
7     9     5    | 4     3     1      | 28    6     28
146   46    8    | 67    59    2      | 159   13579 1357
-----------------+--------------------+------------------
49    48    479  | 3     6     5      | 189   2     1478
3569  568   679  | 2     1     4      | 5689  3579  3578
3456  1     2    | 9     8     7      | 56    345   345
-----------------+--------------------+------------------
14569 2456  1469 | 8     24    3      | 7     14    1246
8     7     46   | 1     24    9      | 3     45    2456
14    24    3    | 5     7     6      | 12    8     9


Can anyone help?

Regards,
Ricky Liu
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Postby Shazbot » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:36 am

look where 4s can go in row 9 - should give you your next placement.
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Postby rliu » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:44 am

Thanks Shazbot!:D
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