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HATMAN
 Post subject: Cage Pairs 5 X OL
PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:47 pm 
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Cage Pairs 5 X OL

This one can be done on paper by me - so not too difficult. However I think it is fun to do.

Note it is X and old lace.
See the post on cage pairs for the rules.
[url=http://img153.imageshack.us/i/cpblocksxol.png/][img]
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 Post subject: Re: Cage Pairs 5 X OL
PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 8:22 pm 
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HATMAN wrote:
Note it is.... old lace.
What is that? It might explain why this puzzle is such a struggle for me. I thought it just meant the extra pink house (which does give some interesting interactions :D ). But can't see how to get it past here. A hint please! Thanks. [edit: as HATMAN notice, this marks spot is wrong. Corrected marks underneath]
Code:
.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.
| 789       678       15        | 68        2345      245       | 23        2349      17        |
| 678       789       15        | 68        2345      245       | 234       49        17        |
| 24        24        3         | 1         7         9         | 568       568       568       |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 67        67        2         | 5         9         3         | 1         48        48        |
| 345       345       8         | 7         46        1         | 9         2356      2356      |
| 1345      1345      9         | 2         8         46        | 3567      3567      356       |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 2358      23589     467       | 349       1         25678     | 278       345678    345689    |
| 2358      58        467       | 349       256       25678     | 345678    1         345689    |
| 1589      123589    467       | 349       256       25678     | 345678    345678    28        |
'-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------'

Correct marks
Code:
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 6789       6789       15         | 68         2345       245        | 2349       2349       17         |
| 6789       6789       15         | 68         2345       245        | 2349       49         17         |
| 24         24         3          | 1          7          9          | 568        568        568        |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 67         67         2          | 5          9          3          | 148        148        48         |
| 1345       1345       89         | 7          468        168        | 369        23569      23569      |
| 1345       1345       89         | 2          168        468        | 35679      35679      3569       |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 123456789  123456789  1456789    | 349        1268       125678     | 1246789    23456789   2345689    |
| 123456789  1456789    1456789    | 349        12568      125678     | 23456789   1246789    2345689    |
| 1456789    123456789  1456789    | 349        12568      125678     | 23456789   23456789   24689      |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+

Cheers
Ed


Last edited by Ed on Fri May 21, 2010 8:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

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 Post subject: Re: Cage Pairs 5 X OL
PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 10:51 am 
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Ed

At work - had a quick look and cannot remember how I got past that point. I will look tonight - has to be a row 12 interaction. Hopefully I did not make a stupid jump - one of the potential problems with my paper solving.

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 Post subject: Re: Cage Pairs 5 X OL
PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 12:36 pm 
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Ed

Just checked against the solution and noticed you have an error in the 16&10 area @ r5c3 (7 and 9 are diagonal).

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@HATMAN: You have gotten a new line embedded into your picture link, so the image does not show anymore.

Cage Pairs 5X OL images with udosuk Style Killer Cages: 
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 Post subject: Re: Cage Pairs 5 X OL
PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:02 am 
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HATMAN wrote:
Just checked against the solution and noticed you have an error
Thanks for that. That made a huge difference. When that got fixed everything else fell out from there.

Please make another Old Lace sometime. It's a fun variation. That's where I went wrong, thought there was a hidden single in OL when it wasn't. The 4 cells outside n5 makes an interesting clone cell inside n5: like a killer LoL.

Here's the solution I got.
solution:
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 1 | 6 4 5 | 3 2 7 |
| 6 7 5 | 8 3 2 | 9 4 1 |
| 2 4 3 | 1 7 9 | 5 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 6 2 | 5 9 3 | 1 8 4 |
| 4 3 9 | 7 8 1 | 6 5 2 |
| 5 1 8 | 2 6 4 | 7 9 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 5 6 | 4 1 8 | 2 7 9 |
| 8 9 7 | 3 2 6 | 4 1 5 |
| 1 2 4 | 9 5 7 | 8 3 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+

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 Post subject: Re: Cage Pairs 5 X OL
PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:30 pm 
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Børge thanks

Ed that is one of the reasons I love Old Lace the way it plays and then spays accross the puzzle.

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