Monthly Archives: April 2015

Wex 430 Bewitched by Sue de Coq

Posted on April 28, 2015 by

After putting up a decent fight in basic, Weekly Extreme 430 joins an embarrassingly long line of Weekly Extreme Competition puzzles defeated by the single alternate Sue de Coq, one my early advanced solving discoveries. This time it’s the verification … Continue reading →

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Wex 429 is Sued

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

In the review of a sequence of 10 Weekly Extreme Competition puzzles, Wex 429 is toppled by an easily verified Sue de Coq. The post begins with a checkpoint for the reader’s own solution of Wex 428 by single alternate … Continue reading →

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Sue Defeats the Slippery Wex 428

Posted on April 14, 2015 by

The third Weekly Extremes review puzzle is another rewrite, in which an extreme level pattern analysis is made unnecessary by an advanced technique overlooked at first reading. Taxes in? On the review, Wex 428 was easy on us through basic … Continue reading →

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A Colorful Verification Creams Wex 427

Posted on April 7, 2015 by

The second Weekly Extreme review puzzle, 427 is prey of a Sue de Coq verification trial, but I had to get out the crayons to do it. Non WECers, did you like your first Weekly Extreme Competition puzzle? If you … Continue reading →

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