Monthly Archives: May 2021

Two Dave Green 4-fills


This post reports Sysudoku Basic on the two Dave Green puzzles of the previous post. In the Sunday 5-star of 4/17/21 on the left, a 5-fill becomes a 4-fill when N6 drops in. It is immediately  resolved to a 3-fill … Continue reading

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Complex 1-ways Take Out KDI 475


This post updates KrazyDad Insane v.4, b.7, #5 with a bypass 4-fill and a solution free of trials, unless you consider the complex 1-way a trial. To the line marking, we add Beeby’s UR. If 6r1c7, the 9 slinks carry … Continue reading

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The Complex 1-Way in AIC Building


This post is about an AIC building option offered by Philip Beeby’s PhilsFolly.com solver, and how and where it is best applied in DIY solving.  Here we refer to this solver as Beeby and this technique as complex 1-way.  Complex … Continue reading

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Ultrahardcore Review ALS-wings V


This post completes a survey of ALS-wings in the review of Stefan Heine’s ultrahardcore collection. The study was to determine how ALS-wings can be constructed as ALS maps are built. This post covers five more examples in UHC 443 found … Continue reading

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