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by Caida
Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:35 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (Unofficial) Assassin 94
Replies: 3
Views: 6553

Thanks for the puzzle! It was just what I needed to help me procrastinate :-) Below is my walkthrough. I can't remember off-hand how the ratings go - but this didn't "feel" too difficult. I think it's about a 1 (maybe 1.25). Cheers, Caida Unofficial Assassin 94 Walkthrough Preliminaries: a...
by Caida
Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:02 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (Not the) Assassin 93
Replies: 8
Views: 8805

Below is my walkthrough for UA93. I did some heavy combo crunching in order to break this puzzle - I'm sure there must be a more elegant solution - but I haven't found it yet. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing other walkthroughs. Thanks for this puzzle Mike! I was glad to have it as I have be...
by Caida
Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:50 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 87
Replies: 4
Views: 7115

walkthough

I finally finished Assassin 87. When I first tried it a few days ago I kept winding up eliminating all the 7s in the bottom right corner. After many hours of frustration I gave up and then came back to it today. Realized that I had drawn the cages incorrectly in my excel spreadsheet :oops: I didn't ...
by Caida
Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:22 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 84 version 2.38
Replies: 6
Views: 8706

Below is my walkthrough (again it is how I solved it - so a bit messy in parts) edited for clarifications and corrections - thanks Andrew! I didn't find this any harder than the original version - so I would put it as a 1.25 also. Interested to hear what other thoughts are. Cheers, Caida Assassin 84...
by Caida
Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:33 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 84
Replies: 11
Views: 9024

Assassin 84

With the time zone advantage I get to be first this time. :cheers: Edited to add: I would rate this a 1.25 - I don't think it was a particularly narrow solving path nor did I use any advanced techniques. Here is my walkthrough for A84 - it is how I solved it so a bit messy at the end. Hope it makes ...
by Caida
Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:47 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 10
Replies: 0
Views: 5466

Assassin 10

Below is my walkthrough for Assassin 10 Now I think all of the Assassins (except for the still "unsolveables") have walkthroughs. I found this one really easy - I'd rate it 0.75 Assassin 10 walkthrough Preliminaries a. 28(4)n1 = {4789/5689} (no 1..3) -> 8,9 locked for n1 b. 5(2)n14 and n58...
by Caida
Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:41 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin July "28"
Replies: 7
Views: 5344

walkthrough

Hello, I just noticed that although this one has a thread there isn't actually a full walkthrough. Here's my walkthrough: I'd rate it 0.75 Assassin 9 walkthrough Preliminaries a. 7(2)n12 and n3 = {16/25/34} (no 7..9) b. 13(2)n1 and n14 and n7 and n89 = {49/58/67} (no 1..3) c. 10(2)n25(x2) and n47 = ...
by Caida
Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:38 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 30
Replies: 18
Views: 13568

Found an easy elimination ( very easy - so hope my logic is right!) Referring back to step 8 - copied here for ease of reference 8. Outties and Innie c9: r5c9 less r19c8 = 3 8a. -> min r8c19 = 3 -> min r5c9 = 6 (no 1,2,4,5) 8b. -> max r5c9 = 9; -> max r19c8 = 6 (no 6..9) Continuation of tag for 30v2...
by Caida
Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:12 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 30
Replies: 18
Views: 13568

hope you don't mind me being a party pooper and leave aside step 23. Too much like t&e for me - can't 'see' it in my head. No worries. I can understand why you’d want to avoid it. It is very much like t&e – I was getting desperate. How about a move looking at c9? 29. Consider options for in...
by Caida
Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:13 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 30
Replies: 18
Views: 13568

Another contradiction move Continuation of Tag for Assassin 30v2-1 23. r4c4 <> 8 here’s why 23a. -> if r4c4 = 8 then n5 = [826 439 715] and 11(3)n4 = {128} and r4c2 = 5 and r3c4 = 9 now only place for 9 in n1 is in 22(5)n124 -> This means that 22(5) = 9 + 5 (from r6c4) + 8(3). This 8(3) can’t be 125...
by Caida
Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:05 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 1
Replies: 0
Views: 2287

Assassin 1

I had been going under the assumption that since A1 had a rating it must have a walkthrough and I was just unable to find it. For what it is worth I found A5 easier than this one - perhaps b/c I didn't see step 6 until the end. Here is my walkthrough for Assassin 1. Not bothering with tiny text. I w...
by Caida
Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:24 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 5
Replies: 4
Views: 3076

Re: Assassin 5

There were 3 early Assassins that never got posted walkthroughs. ... I think there must still be at least one that doesn't have a walkthrough. From what I can find # 10 is the only one (apart from the "unsolveables") that doesn't have a walkthrough. It is on my list of "to try" ...
by Caida
Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:14 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 81
Replies: 6
Views: 5291

Here's my walkthrough I found this one not too difficult - but it required (at least for me) some significant combo crunching. I'd rate it a 1.25. Edited for typo - Thanks Afmob! Reworked - I took an elimination too early. I have moved things around to fix this. Assassin 81 walkthrough Preliminaries...
by Caida
Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:21 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 30
Replies: 18
Views: 13568

Trying again. I knew that r2c1 could not be 7 - but my logic was not fully formed before. Continuation of Tag for Assassin 30v2-1 22. r2c1 <>7 here’s why: 22a. -> if r2c1 = 7 then r1c5 = 8 (step 19) and r1c45 = [97] (only option available -> this puts both 8 and 9 in 20(3) -> not possible as 20(3)n2...
by Caida
Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:18 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 5
Replies: 4
Views: 3076

Assassin 5

I've been doing an inventory of the walkthroughs available and noticed that Assassin 5 didn't have a walkthrough. I learned to do killers by going step by step through the walkthroughs I found on this forum and I always figured that no walkthrough meant that the assassin was impossible to do (or at ...