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#769, March 16 - March 22:
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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by: hepa

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by: Auwei

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 quite hard, but can be done; I made some notes on my way which might be helpful. I got a bit wiser how to tackle Jigsaw puzzles, but I still feel insecure.
Thanks zu hepa!
 

by: berninator

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 What a beast. Took me several attempts and multiple chains. I am still struggling a bit with the jigsaw strategies. Especially the B-settis rule, I don't think they apply to jigsaw at all, or am I missing something?
 

by: hepa

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The B-Setti rules that
a box tier and it crossing rows or
Box stack and its crossing columns
must have the same number of mandatory and excluded candidates can not be applied if the number of boxes vs. the number of its crossing lines differ.

So it can not be applied for this jigsaw puzzle, but e.g. for a shape like "TimTang" it can be applied for
boxes 1,5 columns 1,2
boxes 2,4,6,7,8 columns 3,4,5,6,7
boxes 3,9 columns 8,9
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by: acs

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 The Weekly Str8ts B puzzle #161
 

by: Maven

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 This one is tough! Can't figure out how to start
 

by: kozibrada

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 An awful beast.
Hint (!!!): Each row has no gap between compartments (e.g. row E can be 78+546, but not 32+576 (missing 4)). The same goes for the columns, except column 1.
 

by: optimator

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 I give up, even with kozibrada's hint, which I don't understand the source.
 

by: Loser

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 40 min with hint - THX kozibrada
 

by: OneGuess

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 sorry, spoiler, E12=23 made it work for me… but took me several chains
 

by: Neunmalneun

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 Thanks for your hints,kozibrada and OneGuess!
 

by: Maven

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I used OneGuess' spoiler, and still needed a chain. Finally got it though. Difficult!
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by: acs

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 The Weekly Str8ts puzzle #769
 

by: jo

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 Indeed doable without candidates - try it ;)
 

by: Jan

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If you know where to, statt, that is indeed the case - took me 17:30.
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 The Weekly Str8ts BX puzzle #161
 

by: flowerwaffle

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 Enjoyable! CE in box 4 helped
 

by: kmr

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 Very nice one, not difficult but lots of fun. I started with VCE in box 5. Thanks, Andrew.
 

by: Hel

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 like flowerwaffle, very nice. Thanks!
 

by: Martinus

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 Like flowerwaffle, easy. Thanks!
 

by: optimator

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 just like kmr
 

by: aw

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 Also like kmr - the zigzag in the center has a unique solution.
 

by: ThomasF

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also like kmr
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by: acs

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 The Weekly Str8ts X puzzle #161
 

by: Martinus

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 Also easy going, normal x tools, one setti, one wing.
 

by: Hel

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 Very nice too, X-power and settis
 

by: jo

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 Nice puzzle, takes some time until the x-power unfolds.
 

by: kmr

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 Like Martinus (and the others). Very nice one.
 

by: optimator

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 13'
 

by: ThomasF

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like Martinus, nice
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  • Finally
    - Gabriele
  • 26 min very str8t 4ward but fun, thank you!
    - Silke
  • Easier then 4 but because of my blindness 29 min. :-)
    - navicus
  • 20 min
    - 7iron
  • 19mins, very str8tforward, at least once I realised that there were a few fields that could only occupied by 1 specific number xD
    - pefferlass
  • nice
    - alopex
  • 25' nice and easy
    - ThomasF
  • 8' just clicking through
    - Ske
  • 14' straightforward & nice
    - Hiasl
  • 0:22:50
    - zoo-pony (Tartlau)
  • leicht, nach 4. Anlauf
    - zoo-pony (Tartlau)
  • 24 Min. just logic!
    - Joe Reitzl
  • 10min, easy going, but you should look closely
    - fred
  • 16 min, easy
    - Torsten&Irina
  • 31 min, due to blindness it took some time, but finally it's just logic
    - EC
  • 45min, schön lösbar, danke fü den Beginn des entspannten Vormittags.
    - S. Walt
  • A breeze for once!
    - Essie
  • 20' - nice and easy. Thanks!
    - triemers
  • 39 min, love it
    - Marit
  • 19 min Great fun! Thanks
    - CC
  • 11 min
    - humpti dumpti
  • 24 min, str8 logic, no setti
    - chris
  • 50' str8tforward, of course w/o solver. A very nice one. Thank you Andrew!
    - barbara
  • 27 min - erst etwas blind, dann ganz schnell
    - Rot
  • 36 min
    - Julioflor
  • 36 min
    - Julioflor
  • 28 min, pure logic.
    - poblid
  • very nice. happy weekend
    - chris1
  • I must be sleepy today: it took me ages to see that 9 must be in J, then easy
    - optimator
  • 12min-quite easy-no challenge-sunny sunday:)
    - effchen
  • 28 min - bottom row was the key for me
    - WiltshireEagle
  • 17' - finally an easy one :)
    - selecti
  • a little bit too easy
    - Dida
  • 21 min, only logic. Loved it! Have a beautiful Sunday
    - Emma
  • 18min, a nice one.
    - Martin
  • Nice, but easy - no tools needed.
    - MrL
  • 9 min, very easy today!
    - meli
  • no batling today, just carefully filling in numbers, 11'
    - easydoesit
  • 24 min; one setti and straight forward
    - Michael
  • 29:50
    - Chris
  • 14 min., pure logic, I loved it :-)
    - Amoena
  • ♫ that's the way (a-ha, a-ha) I like it ♫
    - A B Traherne
  • 9' - very relaxing after last weeks puzzle
    - jo
  • 34' - quick for my standards, solvable with simple strategies
    - epibrator
  • 7 min
    - Nessi
  • 27 min ... hurra I die it
    - Volker
  • 15 min - nice little Sunday morning puzzle
    - Beate
  • 15 min, straight forward
    - Alex
  • 17“ Setis, x-Wings, fishes, nothing needed. Just follow the flow Now too much time for Sunday
    - TheQuickOne
  • 7:30 min. just filling in
    - flowerwaffle
  • 11'13''. A bit too easy. No candidates. Just filling the boxes one by one.
    - MartinL
  • 30min, solved it, will be a day I feel smart
    - puzzled one
  • 31' WC
    - Hel
  • 21 min - oh, a ☆☆☆☆ -str8ts, logic and nice
    - Susi
  • 12 mins. Finally something that I could solve. Without settis, even.
    - Miss P
  • nice, not 5*
    - Richard 10'
  • 22min, diesmal wars lösbar.
    - dersoloist
  • 24', very nice
    - Ute
  • 1/2 h, not that hard.
    - E.H.
  • 17'48" no candidates needed, no advanced strategies needed
    - Greg
  • 8' big break from last week :)
    - Maven
  • 25 min. Maybe a 4*…
    - EddyBear
  • 14 min. - no 5-star
    - tbr
  • 25' after a false start, 4* max
    - Manfred