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#851, October 11 - October 17:
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.
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Oct 18th 2024
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by: hepa

 11-Oct-2026, 12:14
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by: Only Human

 11-Oct-2026, 18:26
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another amazing jigsaw - wonderful puzzle - just that I had to take some 5 chains or so...
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 The Weekly Str8ts BX puzzle #243
 

by: Cosmanita

 11-Oct-2026, 06:33
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 Nice and easy with B and X power
 

by: kmr

 11-Oct-2026, 09:48
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 Like Cosmanita, straightforward and nice.
 

by: optimator

 11-Oct-2026, 10:45
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 2'
 

by: jgrab

 11-Oct-2026, 15:25
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 A goog challenge.
 

by: Susan

 11-Oct-2026, 17:09
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Very str8tforward, nice, 13 min
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 The Weekly Str8ts X puzzle #243
 

by: Only Human

 11-Oct-2026, 14:38
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difficult -finally took a high-low guess on A789 and then it worked out smoothly - looks difficult to deal with but I am sure that a chain free solution is possible
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 The Weekly Str8ts B puzzle #243
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 The Weekly Str8ts puzzle #851
 

by: Stefan

 11-Oct-2026, 08:53
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 Settis, fishes, UR, no chains, no guessing
 

by: Pete

 11-Oct-2026, 11:35
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 1 swordfish and 1 setti is enough
 

by: hp

 11-Oct-2026, 13:14
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 shortest path for me was swordfish 4 followed by Setti 2
used initially also swordfish on 5, but imho not necessary
 

by: Jan

 11-Oct-2026, 14:18
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Agree with hp, surprisingly, setti 1 will also do.
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  • 14 min - second attempt, don't know where my mistake was, very nice one
    - Susan
  • 17min, 2nd attemt, no tricksortries, a good one,
    - fred
  • str8t forward, nice
    - chris1
  • 49mins, as usual would have been faster if I hadn't taken a wrong turn :)
    - notsonewbie
  • Sneaky fish! Otherwise very easy.
    - MrL
  • 33 min; took me a while to see the fish.
    - jgrab
  • 34:17 - with a HL in row 4
    - Latimer
  • 1.44 with unlucky guessng
    - Cleo
  • 1 1/2 h.
    - H.E.
  • 39' - Using standard tools and overcoming blindness...
    - COM
  • 29', I admit a chain
    - easydoesit
  • 35 min
    - humpti dumpti
  • 40 min. Tricky, but nice. fishes and settis
    - juehe
  • A nice one. Do not how long it took, because i solved it with interruption.
    - hopplahierkommich
  • i did it :-) never again you can say I am not smart
    - puzzled one
  • 60‘
    - A. Friend
  • 4 min
    - Nessi
  • 35 min - really fun, logic and not too difficult
    - Susi
  • 24`hat Spaß gemacht
    - ulla
  • 0:27:15 endlich wieder leichter
    - zoo-pony (Tartlau)
  • 21'
    - Maven