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Difficulty: Expert Saturday, April 4, 2015

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CHAT LOG for Saturday, April 4, 2015

12:08 am
JeffysMom

Done. 1 guess.
12:14 am
WHB

Done, no guesses.
1:50 am
digondda

Usually Phil, when you fill all the greens in, you see at least one square where there is only one number which will fit, and that number leads to another and so on.
1:50 am
digondda

But I have no idea what an either way virtual is either.
2:28 am
KnightTime

it sounds like a forcing chain or possibly and xy wing
4:14 am
Phil

If someone could enlighten me on exactly where the square on this puzzle that unlocks it is and why I would appreciate it. I must be a bit dim but can't see a square where there is only one possibility.
4:17 am
Phil

Probably needs someone who hasn't done it yet to hopefully arrive at the same tricky bit after filling in 5 squares all in the top third
4:17 am
Phil

Might help a few others who have to guess on the experts at some point
5:12 am
drwho

Difficulty score 34. No green, the second time :).
5:13 am
drwho

The server threw a fit and the first time I finished it didn't register. Normally that would be quite frustrating, but this one was so easy it didn't really matter much.
5:44 am
tincup

done
6:05 am
drwho

Yesterday's expert - 62. Not too bad after the first trick.
7:43 am
Judy

only 1 hesitation then straight through to the end
8:15 am
Phil

Help me out drwho, how did you spot the trick?
8:58 am
gman

32 filled in and trying without greens
9:02 am
gman

3's, 7's or 9's the key, probably coloring. Greens tempting.
9:09 am
gman

Phil, you still there?
9:21 am
lk911

Hummm...click fest.
9:40 am
Phil

Sorry man gone for awhile, must have missed something easy on this one.
9:41 am
gman

phil check rows 3 and 9 for the trick that solves todays
9:44 am
Phil

nope, can't see it
10:49 am
ypsigirl

done
1:01 pm
helenkeller

go
1:14 pm
helenkeller

re-start
1:25 pm
helenkeller

done
2:57 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Next time I see an "either way virtual" or a "block pincer" I'll announce a Spoiler Alert and give a better clue for finding it.
2:59 pm
Doll414

go
3:08 pm
Doll414

done, ng 1ugess
3:08 pm
Doll414

that would be 1 guess - fingers on wrong keys
8:30 pm
Prinise

Done
8:43 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Did it, no green, no guess. This time there was an "either way, fill it in." These tricks happen when the open cells for one number form a loop around the board. Choosing one of two possible cells for a number in one block results in that number appearing in a particular cell of another block. Choosing the other cell in the first block and going around the loop in the opposite direction results in the same cell. So, either way, just fill it in. SPOILER ALERT 1! I'll tell you that the number is a three. SPOILER ALERT 2! I'll tell you that the initial block with two openings for a three is upper middle. SPOILER ALERT 3! I'll tell you that the block where the three goes in the same place either way is lower right, if I remember.