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#666, March 26 - April 1:
The Weekly Extreme Str8ts Puzzle

by Andrew Stuart
WARNING: This is the Weekly 'Extreme' Str8ts.
Only attempt this puzzle if you have time and patience.
Using the solver will not help you. (much).
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Since there has been interesting strategy discussion on these puzzles and by popular request, I have opened an archive on the last thirty weeks. The discussion section is open for continued posting.
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by: Klaus

 26-Mar-2023, 09:10  

after basic and careful elimination the situation seems a bit desperate.

but some assumptions in row C give rather short contraditions to Setti on 8.

and thats enough, beautiful puzzle.
 

by: Cosmanita

 26-Mar-2023, 22:01  
 
Nice one, and as Klaus said, a close look on C and setti 8 is a good start, I also needed to include column B and a X-Wing on 6.

 

by: ralph maier

 27-Mar-2023, 20:36  
 
After basics etc mysolution was based on high low in column2 w3as my way tothe solution . Low inthee lcolumn ghj column2 leads to a contradiction after it it was carefull eliminations

 

by: pax

 28-Mar-2023, 09:00  
 
Used a HC to decide hi/low in D.

 

by: ralph maier

 29-Mar-2023, 06:56 Add to this thread
 
sorry i meant column5 not2

by: kst

 26-Mar-2023, 07:39  
is.gd/kst_666_BX
 

by: Martinus

 26-Mar-2023, 08:41  
 
Very nice excercise, needed settis and b settis. Thanks a lot!

 

by: pax

 26-Mar-2023, 11:02  
 
Since the B-explanations last week I know, what b setties are... helps a lot :) . Thanks, kst!

 

by: AR

 26-Mar-2023, 17:07  
 
Could you please share the information? Thank you!

 

by: Mikele

 26-Mar-2023, 22:48  
 
please anybody explain b-setti again

 

by: Aubinger

 27-Mar-2023, 16:21  
 
In the archive box above select the puzzle from last week and press 'show puzzle'. Then you will get discussion from last week.

 

by: AR

 27-Mar-2023, 18:10  
 
Thank you so much, Aubinger.

 

by: Mikele

 27-Mar-2023, 21:25  
 
Thank You, Aubinger

 

by: Aubinger

 28-Mar-2023, 22:04  
 
@AR, @Mikele: You're welcome.

 

by: kmr

 29-Mar-2023, 08:25  
 
Very difficult for me. Key was that there are only two numbers possible for J2, one leads to a missing number in column 7 or 8. Then very CE and still not easy to spot all the x-wings.

 

by: BP

 30-Mar-2023, 05:44  
 
Another fine example for the power of B settis, which for example helps clear J2 immediately.

B setti on 8:
After initial CE (NQ12345 in Box9, NQ5789 in Box1) it's clear that 8 is not in col 1 and not in A. Since 8 in Box1 this means that 8 must be missing from Box 2 or 3 AND from Box 4 or 7. Therefore 8 is missing from another row and another col, which can only be col 9 and J.

setti 2: J2=2

B setti on 8,9:
8 and 9 are the only digits missing from rows A,B,C. Since 8 is missing from Box3, 9 must be missing from Box2, which implies BC5=68.
By the same argument 9 is missing from Box6, which implies 9 not in E.

Thank you, kst, for this enjoyable exercise.


 

by: ralph maier

 30-Mar-2023, 06:03 Add to this thread
 
quite a hard1 one after many years of absence from my side/ looking at the posts idid BPs reasoning not being aware of it . Iussed 1 guess in A23 about the ositions of the 5and7 THE REST WAS SEELIMINATIONS AND LOGIC.

by: kst

 26-Mar-2023, 07:39  
is.gd/kst_666_B
 

by: Martinus

 26-Mar-2023, 09:32  
 
Also a nice difficulty level, b settis and settis. Thanks!

 

by: BP

 29-Mar-2023, 13:05 Add to this thread
 
What a beauty, tough but chainfree. VCE (especially in J and boxes 1 and 9) and B settis did it. Many thanks, kst!

BTW: This puzzle contains another nice example how to use B settis. After initial CE it's clear that 2 in cols 1,2,3,4,5,6 and therefore in boxes 4,5. Since 2 is in box 6 from the beginning this implies that 2 must be in D,E,F, which is very helpful.



by: kst

 26-Mar-2023, 07:39  
is.gd/kst_666_X
 

by: proteus

 26-Mar-2023, 20:18  
 
thanks kst for this tricky puzzle. needed all the x-tools and some careful considerations in A123 in the end.

 

by: BP

 27-Mar-2023, 19:37  
 
Very nice. Standard tools plus one almost fish to solve A1.

 

by: MavenKC

 28-Mar-2023, 12:39 Add to this thread
 
Took me exactly 1hr. Great challenge!

by: kst

 26-Mar-2023, 07:38  
is.gd/kst_666
 

by: Martinus

 26-Mar-2023, 18:56 Add to this thread
 
One very interesting UR/wing-combination, plus normal UR and settis. Very enjoyable. Thanks!

by: Fred

 26-Mar-2023, 07:35  
Heftig. Falls nicht noch irgendein Hint daherkommt, für mich völlig uninteressant.
 

by: Rübennase

26-Mar-2023, 12:36 Add to this thread
 
Tricky! I started over twice, having jumped conclusions.
CE on F1 and rows CD. Two Setti-assisted HCs to trim compartment ranges in col 1. Enter an Xwing (that I wish I had seen much earlier!) and the puzzle collapses.

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  • 29' - Only with the hint on D8
    - LK
  • 42 min im 4. Versuch
    - Rot
  • 36min easy with hints Thanks!
    - CC
  • took me quite a long time on several attempts
    - Ske
  • Mit D6 zuerst 1 geraten, das war falsch. Damit ist klar, wo high und low in Zeile D ist. Dann viele Settis. Schön anspruchsvoll. Danke
    - S. Walt
  • ~60' great one! careful logic, finally found Xwing, then settis
    - optimator
  • 1h, with the hint of Klaus, no guessing or spoiler needed, only short interactions with setties.
    - Cosmanita
  • took me 49 min, but in the end it was just logic...
    - EC
  • about 30 min
    - Loser
  • 11' hi-lo-decision in column 2 and row G
    - Arjan
  • Nice with Korbinians hint (thanks a lot), no chance without
    - Fred
  • 25 min with some chains
    - Setti
  • about 1hr (with breaks). Thanks to Korbinian and Andrew!
    - barbara
  • 47' one high low deision
    - Manfred
  • 13 min with all hints - to Torsten&Irina: not D8 =2, but C8=2, because you have to think small in D234 as Korbinian correctly said.
    - Susi
  • 20 min, just filling in, no guesses, no hints, no settis, a few singles and pure logic
    - Nina
  • Easily two hours (but then, I'm down with a cold). No guessing needed. Very nice challenge!
    - Rübennase
  • 27 min - with lucky decision in A2, no hints. A beautiful puzzle, loved it. Thanks!
    - Beate
  • 15 min, straight forward
    - Cminor
  • Needed the hint.
    - mparmen
  • 44 min - thank you, Andrew, for this real challenge
    - Nessi
  • 19 min with Korbinians hint
    - juehe
  • Using Korbinian's hint about 20min
    - Richard
  • >2h. Took me some chains in order to exclude some possibilities, which seemed to me not probable.
    - MartinL
  • SPOILER ALARM!
    - effchen
  • 35:21 - tough one. Thinking small in D234, C678 and EF1 and thinking big in G89 may help a little bit.
    - Korbinian Bär
  • 45 min, wings, settis, D8!=2
    - Torsten&Irina
  • 33min; solvable only with a guess in row g
    - Martin
  • 30' settis and a hi/lo guess in row c
    - Bassam
  • 35” but difficult - finding 9 in column 3 helps to make progress quickly, still all tools needed
    - OneGuess
  • 35” but difficult - finding 9 in column 3 helps to make progress quickly, still all tools needed
    - OneGuess