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not hard at all

I did something by a new technique. I'm pretty sure it will work. It involves a line and a block sharing thee, each constituency having only one cell besides the shared three. Therefore the fourth cell must be the same.

That should work if the clues in the line and the block are identical.

...and between the two fourth cells, three of the possible four numbers were eliminated.

You are really doing virtual cross-hatching. But it sounds like a good way to spot see things.

Think about it, if you eliminate a possibility from one of the fourth cells it is confined to the 3 common cells which automatically eliminates it from the other 4th cell by virtual cross-hatching.

Yes.

B.T.W. thanks, I just saw and example of what you were talking about and it yielded 2 more digits.

Probably the same one that I found.

Found a rather complex unique rectangle, no greens. But brain being muddled, I'm saving a checkpoint in case I've made a mistake.

Probably, and it really broke things open with just a little more cross-hatching.

(The virtual cross-hatching trick, not the unique rectangle :-).

I'm not finding any more crosshatching. But brain muddled.

Oh, I'm going to have to take a rest. Brain getting worse.

Difficulty score 32. Cross-hatching and virtual cross-hatching are the only tricks you need.

UTH - your line/block pattern is a good one to look for. As I noted before, the clues in the line and block must be identical for your idea to work...

...but if they are not, then the clue in the line that is different from the clues in the block cannot go in the 3 common cells and must go in the 4th empty cell of the block.

So either way this pattern will probably be productive.

could someone explain what is being called virtual crosshatching here?

Virtual crosshatching is where you don't know exactly where a number goes, but the few possibilities it has, any of those, gives enough information to determine the number in another block.

Done at last, no greens.

ok, HERE is my problem. I have actally finished this grid, however one square has a red x on it and wont take the number it needs to complete the grid. What am I to do???

Forget it, I lost the grid. Have to start over. But this grid doesn ot have a red x square. Tallyho!

ugh -another medium, after yesteray's debacle, i almost hate to say : go

done

no greens

a whole different ball of wax than yesterdays :)

that was ear, this is paraffin?

oh, another shark week

the 2007 WSOP must not be too far away...

and new monks start sometime in july!

the televisual drought is nigh its end

hey hurshy :)

hi

i'm watching one of your countrymen

a crazy one

which one?

mmm, i don't know his name

he's on discovery channel, "man vs. wild"

ooooo no idea

he goes to these horrid places to show people how to survive

last time i saw him in the desert, now he's in the everglades.

bear grylls?

ray mears?

no, not bear i think, didn't he die?

or maybe i'm thinking of some guy who got killed BY a bear

nope, bear's very much alive

i'll try to watch the credits.

:)

this guy is very cute.

speaking of which, there's a cute new deckhand for one of the boats...

coolness!

always nice to have cute deckhands around!

not that it does me any good. what are the odds he will ask me out? he probably won't even come into the office more than once more... if that.

he's dutch.

well go out and hang around the boats a bit then!

i can't, i gots to stay at work!

lunchtime? :P

yeah, and that wouldn't be too obvious or anything :P

no, not if you're getting out to learn about the boats and stuff!

they aren't all together though

in fact i think right now just that one is there

well then you just happened to pick the pretty one! wouldn't anyone? LOL

gross, he ate a tree frog and now he's having a turtle

ewww

before that it was ant larvae

why would ANYONE go to these places???

I know!

have you seen The Fiz on babble recently?

*thinks*

no, i don't think i have

nor me. wondering whether to still do her a babble card or not

oh bother, i haven't even got an IDEA for what kind of art to attempt for mine

poetry!

it's a rather small size for collages.

or collage - small collages, I've seen some *wonderful* collage cards

poetry would count?

anything counts really LOL

words, art, anything!

the trouble is i have weddings the next two weekends, and the weekend after that probably helping my new friend move.

lol I dont think there's a time limit! I'm just having a splurge now cos I've got a few days spare

and felt like doodling

coolness.

Vi has't done hers I know. most people haven't

vi did mine

it is nifty

well it is bear grylls on the show

you're the only one she's done though I think

wow, i feel so lucky

urf, husband home. better go off to bed. is late. and I need to nurse the cat a bit, she's poorly

oh no!!

tummy upset

tell sily to feel better. :(

I will :) she can come and cuddle up with me tonight as a treat

night!

night!

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