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#775, April 27 - May 3:
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

 27-Apr-2025, 11:14
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by: OneGuess

 28-Apr-2025, 14:38
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 What a beautiful puzzle! Thank you, hepa!
Solved with a few short chains and plenty of hard work.
 

by: charliepat

29-Apr-2025, 09:01
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Not easy, settis, wings, the whole toolbox - no chains needed, solves step by step, took me quite some time. Enjoyed it very much, thanks hepa!
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 The Weekly Str8ts puzzle #775
 

by: hp

 27-Apr-2025, 13:53
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 many tools (especially Setti 2,3,4, xwing, UR) but towards the end see no progess without a chain:
AB3 low leads to an error, so AB3 has to be high
 

by: hoke

 28-Apr-2025, 13:10
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 Still looking for a better solution, with head chains at most. After standard tools E3 cannot be 7 or 9, because E6=6, A6=4, A3=9 contradiction. Some small progress.
 

by: hoke

 29-Apr-2025, 13:13
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AB3 low or high, G4 is 6.
B3=5 => B5=4, J5=6, G4=6
E3=5 => E4=9, D4=5, G4=6
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 The Weekly Str8ts X puzzle #167
 

by: Martinus

 27-Apr-2025, 11:19
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 A beautiful beast, thanks. Key: VCE/small chains in the middle regarding the street/x-interdependencies. Plus x power, x-wings and settis.
 

by: optimator

 27-Apr-2025, 16:03
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 I needed chains on E5, then lots of settis, wings, and a swordfish
 

by: Cosmanita

27-Apr-2025, 17:34
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 Nice, but challenging. I also first decided C2 and C5, later on x-wing and swordfish number 9 helped.
 

by: BP

 28-Apr-2025, 20:58
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 VCE and careful checking of the high/low options to get started, then standard tools. Many thanks,
 

by: jgrab

 29-Apr-2025, 16:38
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Very elegant beast! A head chain ob E5 opened the diagonal solution and all the rest
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 The Weekly Str8ts B puzzle #167
 

by: Cosmanita

27-Apr-2025, 07:27
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 Relaxed and nice start into Sunday morning
 

by: kmr

 27-Apr-2025, 09:51
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 Like Cosmanita, no special techniques needed. Thanks for a nice and chainless puzzle.
 

by: Martinus

 27-Apr-2025, 09:54
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 Like Cosmanita & kmr
 

by: BP

 27-Apr-2025, 12:31
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 Like Cosmanita. Thank you, Andrew!
 

by: optimator

 27-Apr-2025, 15:32
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5'
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 The Weekly Str8ts BX puzzle #167
 

by: Martinus

 27-Apr-2025, 08:42
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 Very nice, thanks. Needs b power, x power, settis, b settis.
 

by: tg

 27-Apr-2025, 09:31
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 Very nice, all tools, except settis.
 

by: Susan

 27-Apr-2025, 11:17
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 Nice level for me!
 

by: charliepat

27-Apr-2025, 11:18
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 Very nice, Standard tools, 23 min.
 

by: optimator

 27-Apr-2025, 13:27
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 20', thanks Andrew!
 

by: BP

 28-Apr-2025, 22:20
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BX str8tforward. Many thanks for the set!
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  • 48 min im 3. Versuch - mit allen Hinweisen immer noch eine harte Nuss
    - Rot
  • 23min, only with the AB3 hint and at least a guess
    - Martin
  • 2h
    - Julioflor
  • 48' with hint still difficult
    - Richard
  • AB3 hint and setti 2 leads nearly to the end, but a chain remains. - Keine Lust auf chains.
    - Fred
  • 28 minutes, and needed the hint, otherwise I'd probably have been stuck forever...
    - pefferlass
  • 60' - tough to do without a chain. Thanks!
    - triemers
  • no chance w/o the AB hint, with hint done in 11'
    - easydoesit
  • 2h, settis helfen, A3 geraten. Schönes Rätsel für einen weißen Sonntag. Danke.
    - S. Walt
  • 80 minutes, lots of custom logic, short chains
    - puzzled
  • bestimmt 2 stunden, sehr schwer.
    - dersoloist
  • 25 minutes with ab3 hint. Thanks. Lots of fun.
    - EddyBear
  • Spent 2:30 trying to avoid chains, finally solved within 5 min after using hp's hint. :-/
    - epibrator
  • 43 min, nur mit tipp zu ab3
    - humpti dumpti
  • used hint
    - Loser
  • W/O hint no success,with hint 76' - aber sehr mühselig. Danke hp!
    - barbara
  • Settis, and some HC at the end.
    - jgrab
  • only with hint and luck
    - chris1
  • 41' - couldn't avoid chains at the end
    - jo
  • 1:38, but found the necessary chains
    - Jan
  • Only done with the hint, then like Klaro.
    - E.H.
  • 23 min - AB3-hint and then only settis
    - Klaro
  • 1:28 took me really long!
    - Silke
  • 1:11:58 nach 2. Versuch. Sehr, sehr schwer.
    - zoo-pony (Tartlau)
  • 32'. CE in C1 opened it up early.
    - Maven
  • 45'
    - optimator
  • 1:05 needed some chains
    - COM
  • 11 min - unusual in the end, needed two very small chains
    - Nessi
  • 37'. Settis, x-wings, fishes. Some short HCs at the end.
    - MartinL
  • 56” settimania
    - Michael
  • 44 min, wings, settis, chain in the end
    - Torsten&Irina
  • 1:23 - real challenge! - Found a 50/50 decision in A1A7/D1D7
    - Susi
  • 1 h 10'
    - Giorgio§
  • Settis, fishes and a lucky guess in column 3.
    - tg
  • 'bout 20 min. Crucial big fish & CE in col. 3. No chains.
    - Astrid
  • 1h 39' Settis, fishes, and a chain at last
    - Manfred
  • 30 min - loads of settis and a chain in the end
    - Susan