i have finally mastered the xy chain method, i think

finished yesterday's puzzle without guessing

on to today's!

Done

likewise

Finally done with Saturday's puzzle. I made a lucky guess. Had to. Needed to get on with life.

This one starts as easy as yesterday's, but stays simple all the way through...

xy-chain? not xy-wing?

start

done

go

nah, I will stay a little longer :)

:-P

mmm so easy, just cick click click

done

hey

go

done

missed the solo

done............

I so dont understan xy-chains ;-)

go

done

fairly easy

go

done no greens

drat, i made a mistake somewhere - starting over ;(

just read up on xy-chains - may take another crack at yesterdays to test it out - would love to have techniques that can get around the "I'm stuck I have to poay what-if" method

xy-chans are kinda fun, actually

yeah, they look fun

it helps to do them alone, because you sit there talking out loud: "nine one, one six, six four... hmm, no that's a dead end. how about nine one, one five..."

good to know - I'll send the cat away next time :)

gotta go get breakfast - enjoy your day

what's an xy chain? would love to learn some of these techniques someday!

Difficulty score 17.

go

done

cool, I actually did this one without using a single green..... I usually end up filling at least 5.

Go.

go

done

Wow, that was fast Jawilke. Did you use greens?

nope. now onto yesterdays expert...

Good luck. I needed to guess on yesterday's.

think you have to with all experts...

Some people said they didn't.

i stand corrected... I'll give it a go

got the 2,3,4,7,8s... that's about it for cross hatching

have 26 blocks left... have to guess

That's about where I was when I guessed.

done

Wow, even with a guess, that was fast for 26 cells.

they were mostly doublets

a couple triplets

later

Aligator.

Done at last, no greens, no pairs, a little virtual crosshatch and one loner, my nemesis.

wow - so busy that i almost forgot about today's puzzle!

nice and easy! :)

go

done