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#853, October 25 - October 31:
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: Mouche

 25-Oct-2026, 11:35
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VCE and maybe somy lucky decisions on HL (ABC 789) and E89 helped. Nice one 🕷️!
 

by: Mouche

 25-Oct-2026, 11:36
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Should be unther the X one.
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by: hepa

 25-Oct-2026, 11:07
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4
 

by: kris

 25-Oct-2026, 14:18
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Very nice; a bit easier than usual, only setti, VCE and B-power
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by: Franka

 25-Oct-2026, 10:40
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Not too hard this time :)
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by: acs
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 The Weekly Str8ts puzzle #853
 

by: Stefan

 25-Oct-2026, 09:11
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 Easy. One Xwing, one setti is enough
 

by: hp

 25-Oct-2026, 09:43
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 nice and easy
shortest path for me was Setti 8 followed by Setti 6
 

by: Jan

 25-Oct-2026, 10:41
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Indeed, doing it without candidates I also used setti 4, that was easier than searching for singles.
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 The Weekly Str8ts BX puzzle #245
 

by: Cosmanita

 25-Oct-2026, 07:54
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 Nice, / decide J9
 

by: ThomasF

 25-Oct-2026, 09:39
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 nice, 2 HCs for the end
 

by: WALTWEB

 25-Oct-2026, 11:33
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Just look at G7... no "decision" necessary then.
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 The Weekly Str8ts X puzzle #245
 

by: tg

 25-Oct-2026, 08:08
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 Some fish and VCE. No setti, no chain needed. - Very nice!
 

by: Cosmanita

25-Oct-2026, 08:57
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 Nice, I checked E5 not 2 and also used other chains. Where are the fishes?
 

by: Stefan

 25-Oct-2026, 09:16
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 Not even needed a fish.
 

by: ThomasF

 25-Oct-2026, 09:46
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 like Stefan
 

by: charliepat

25-Oct-2026, 10:38
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 Very nice. Fishes, settis and CE. No chains needed.
 

by: Pete

 25-Oct-2026, 11:17
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 Only 1 non-solver-CE needed. Not too extreme :)
 

by: Jan

 25-Oct-2026, 11:55
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A respite from the extreme ones in the past weeks, the naked quintuple is all that's needed.
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 The Weekly Str8ts B puzzle #245
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  • 1:19 :))
    - Marit
  • 14 minutes - setties and logic
    - Mate
  • 24' WC (would not have tried without candidates, but saw so many of you reported it as easy. Thanks for the challenge!)
    - Maven
  • 16 min
    - JulioFlor
  • 25 mins, concur with the others, very nice to get one right and quickly so :)
    - notsonewbie
  • 26 min - enjoyed having one I could actually finish
    - WiltshireEagle
  • 11:36 - almost too fast for a lazy sunday morning ---
    - Latimer
  • 27 min; settis and logic, quite nice
    - Michael
  • 1 chain, no hints, nice
    - chris1
  • 12 min, nice and easy with settis
    - Naki
  • 9:44 on second try without candidates
    - Jan
  • 19' nice and relaxing
    - easydoesit
  • 17min, quite easy
    - fred
  • Very nice, only logic, many settis.
    - Amoena
  • Easy, mostly settis.
    - MrL
  • 8 min, sehr entspannt :-)
    - humpti dumpti
  • 15min-pritty easy :)
    - effchen
  • Setting 1 and right decision on high/low in A1-3 and everything is easy and fast.
    - bhk
  • 11 min, 3 settis
    - 7Iron
  • 37' - settis and logic, really nice
    - Zogl
  • 20! settis and elimination nice
    - Bassam
  • 1/2 h.
    - H.E.
  • 31 min. - nice mainly settis
    - Nessie
  • 15‘
    - A. Friend
  • 25' some setti, some wing did it
    - ThomasF
  • 0:58:20 schwer aber schĂśn
    - zoo-pony (Tartlau)
  • 24'
    - Cleo
  • 22 min
    - hopplahierkommich
  • so ca. 40 minuten
    - dersoloist
  • 22' nice one. Some settis did it
    - KDN
  • 18 min
    - Kid
  • 46 min; die Steuererklärung musste warten.
    - poblid
  • 13 min, not an extreme one
    - Alex
  • wc
    - hoke
  • 19 min - logic and easy
    - Susi
  • 15 min, easy
    - Torsten&Irina
  • Not really an extreme one. Filling cells, setti festival and careful elimination.
    - Solver_42
  • 35' setti festival...6 & 8 made it
    - Volker
  • 11'
    - pax
  • 34',one setti solves all. Definitely one of the easiest! Lovely spiders!
    - Mouche
  • 11 mins, some settis and careful elimination.
    - Miss P
  • 15 min - hooray
    - Beate
  • 17 min. easy, nice and relaxing
    - juehe
  • 25‘ - settis - nice
    - Insomnia
  • 22' easy, straight forward
    - chris
  • 22' - settis
    - A B Traherne
  • 45' Very doable.
    - Manfred
  • 20 mins. Just the basics….lots of fun
    - EddyBear
  • Back to basic!
    - JX