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#757, December 22 - December 28:
The Weekly Extreme Str8ts Puzzle

by Andrew Stuart
WARNING: This is the Weekly 'Extreme' Str8ts.
Only attempt this puzzle if you have time and patience.
Using the solver will not help you. (much).
Oct 18th 2024
The solver can now handle Str8ts variants. Yay! The solver button on the player will now pass an appropriate parameter. I will add some examples when I've finished producing some stock. See version history. Not guaranteed to be bug free, so please let me know of any funnies or errors.
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by: Santa Klaus

 24-Dec-2024, 10:27

is.gd/happy_christmas_2024_str8t
 

by: flowerwaffle

 24-Dec-2024, 13:44
 Took a couple minutes to find the jellyfish and then it's smooth sailing.

Thanks, Santa!
 

by: jgrab

 24-Dec-2024, 22:46
 Found it more complex than one fish, but it worked after hard logical work.
 

by: BP

 25-Dec-2024, 08:19
 Agree with flowerwaffle: Fishes, fishes, fishes. Thanks for this nice christmas present!
 

by: E.H.

 25-Dec-2024, 15:05
 A piece of hard work solved with SI and fishes. Thx Santa Klaus for this.
 

by: Jens

 25-Dec-2024, 15:32
 Thanks to Santa!
 

by: hp

 26-Dec-2024, 14:12
Hello Klaus
great to finally hear from you again.

nice that you presented your legendary Extra Puzzles again this year. They have already become a tradition and we have almost got used to the is.gd domain

shortest path for me was:
3fish 8, xwing 5, jelly 4, Setti 7,3 and finally 3 fish 6
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by: John

 22-Dec-2024, 23:49
I found it went through smoothly with just settis
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by: Fred

 22-Dec-2024, 16:36
*** Merry Christmas to all. ***

And thanks to Andrew for his work.

Torsten & Irina's A1 hint leads after two singles in full size streets to the hi/lo decision in Col 6. The sequence wasn't correct. Then Jürgen's s****s help a bit. After that I stuck.

@Cleo: Row F has no gaps.
 

by: Cleo

 22-Dec-2024, 16:45
 Sorry: column 6
 

by: Fred

 22-Dec-2024, 17:30

Thx Cleo for your 2nd hint in the right column. But how can a setti be somewhere or elsewhere? Nevertheless, it works. And Andrew's star rain is always great. Thanks also to all supporting dummies like me;)
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by: Andrew Stuart

 22-Dec-2024, 15:46
Happy Christmas everyone!
 

by: BP

 23-Dec-2024, 10:57
Happy Christmas to you too, Andrew! And many thanks for providing all the extra puzzles!
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by: jo

 22-Dec-2024, 11:24
Although I don't use them, I wonder where y'all found the UR to solve A1?
 

by: Klaus

 22-Dec-2024, 11:47
 Hi jo,

A1 itself is an UR
 

by: jo

 22-Dec-2024, 12:10
 Oh... thx :)
 

by: Marya

 22-Dec-2024, 13:03
 If B1 was 8, then A1 could be 7 or 9, without any influence on the rest of the puzzle.
 

by: Jens

 22-Dec-2024, 16:38
Thx to Klaus and Marya. After that important UR it's a standard play.
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by: acs
 The Weekly Str8ts X puzzle #149
 

by: Hel

 22-Dec-2024, 08:42
 Reall Beauty! Very short HC at the end. Thanks again!
 

by: jgrab

 22-Dec-2024, 10:57
 Like Hel, but not like hell. A nice mixture of CE and Settis. One wing on 9 does the rest.
 

by: BP

 22-Dec-2024, 11:25
 Quick and relaxing, standard plus a very skewed xwing to finish.
 

by: kmr

 22-Dec-2024, 13:40
 Very nice one, smoothly progressing, no chain needed. Thanks!
 

by: Martinus

 22-Dec-2024, 13:51
 Like BP. Thanks!
 

by: optimator

 23-Dec-2024, 12:37
like BP. Thanks Andrew!
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by: acs
 The Weekly Str8ts B puzzle #149
 

by: BP

 22-Dec-2024, 10:57
 Beautiful mix of CE and B setti power. Many thanks!
 

by: Martinus

 22-Dec-2024, 13:46
A real beauty, thanks! Startet with VCE in box 4, but then some settings and wings needed.
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by: acs
 The Weekly Str8ts puzzle #757
 

by: Jens

 22-Dec-2024, 16:41
Thx to Klaus and Marya. After that important UR it's a standard play.
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by: acs
 The Weekly Str8ts BX puzzle #149
 

by: Hel

 22-Dec-2024, 07:04
 Very nice! Little chain for hi/lo in col 4 nerded. Thanks!
 

by: ThomasF

 22-Dec-2024, 09:35
 Like Hel, needed a chain on col 4
 

by: kmr

 22-Dec-2024, 11:10
 Like Hel and ThomasF. Could not avoid a chain.
 

by: Martinus

 22-Dec-2024, 11:12
 Needed also a small chain, but on H8 and H2. Thanks for this nice puzzle!
 

by: Loser

 22-Dec-2024, 11:51
 If you don't like UR, col4 is easy.
 

by: optimator

 23-Dec-2024, 12:52
 like Hel; easy except trying to avoid a chain.
 

by: BP

 23-Dec-2024, 13:54
 Like the others. A 5-cell-HC at the end. Nice!
 

by: MME

 24-Dec-2024, 12:15
@Loser: Perhaps you can explain the UR a little bit. I only can see, that AB14 dosn't work, because A1 is part of the diagonal.
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  • 47', with hint, had some attempts.Merry Christmas to all and to Andrew! Thank you so much for all the wonderful puzzles.
    - barbara
  • 40 min. With Hint. Thanks
    - Gabriele
  • 37m
    - Julioflor
  • After the UR for A1 another UR logic solves also row B... rest is easy. Not even Settis required.
    - LittleBuddha
  • 13 min - Merry Christmas to all of you
    - Nessi
  • 23 min
    - malue74
  • 30 min, many setties, thank you
    - Boerny
  • 25' settis, wings
    - optimator
  • 35 min
    - kid
  • wie Latimer, ich hatte Glück bei der Wahl von A4. Mit Settis machbar. 1 Stunde. Danke.
    - S. Walt
  • 45 ministers. Normal tools. Lots of fun…
    - EddyBear
  • 29 min mit den Hinweisen Torsten&Irina und Jürgen
    - Rot
  • 25 Min.Settis & x-Wing #8
    - Joe Reitzl
  • 21:21 - a simple Hi/Lo decision on row A made it. Fortunately, I took the right decision first ...
    - Latimer
  • 34'. Very nice little piece of logic spanning the whole puzzle unravels it all.
    - puzzled
  • 51' with the A1-hint, settis and x-wings. Merry Christmas to all of you and much thank to Andrew for all the wonderful puzzles!
    - UZ
  • 45 min
    - humpti dumpti
  • Try this: if no 8 in column 1, then no 8 in row B and viceversa. So setti 8 must be elsewhere.
    - Cleo
  • 10:07 no hints ,no tries necessary, just some lateral thinking
    - fred
  • 2nd, with hint thanx andrew & merry christmas to you all
    - chris
  • In English: T&I say "A1 can be neither 7 nor 9, because then the puzzle would have 2 solutions". Helps me a lot further, but no lucky end.
    - Fred
  • 18" setti 2,4,5 and short chain to decide hi/lo in col 6
    - Bassam
  • Für alle, die auch etwas gebraucht haben, um T&I's Satz zu verstehen: A1 kann weder 7 noch 9 sein, weil das Rätsel sonst 2 Lösungen hätte.
    - Fred
  • 23 min, after realizing the upper left UR it was jaust filling in numbers
    - EC
  • For me not that easy. Thx for the hints. Merry Christmas to all.
    - E.H.
  • I checked again: only 2 URs inthe upper left corner, then no setti, no xwing, no fish, just filling numbers! Try!
    - climber
  • doen
    - Loser
  • 24', very nice!! Merry Christmas to everyone!
    - Ute
  • had to do one guess on 5 (2 options in row A), then smooth
    - OneGuess
  • 65' - a test ended up at 2 possible solutions for one cell - which indicated this a dead end
    - COM
  • 31:45 with a lucky guess in H9. I don't understand why there should be a focus on A1. Thanks to Andrew for all the puzzles!
    - Beate
  • 27 min thanks to Torsten&Irina, that was fun! Merry Christmas to everyone!
    - Amoena
  • 46' - harder than it looked at the start
    - jo
  • sehr schwer für mich,hab 2 stunden gebraucht
    - dersoloist
  • 41' with Jürgen's help, merry christmas
    - Richard
  • 41 min. Tricky. Settis and wings. very nice. CE on AB12 is key.
    - juehe
  • 15 min; after the UR in A1 a sequence of Settis.
    - jgrab
  • a brilliant christmas puzzle! UR and many, many settis, no guessing
    - climber
  • embarrassingly long. In the end it's just settis, a big fish, UR ... Nothing complicated.
    - MartinL
  • 50', similar to pax, took me longer to see the HC
    - Jan
  • 45min. - after some stupid mistakes.
    - Axel
  • 33' - UR (thanks for the hint!), settis.
    - A B Traherne
  • 1h - unique solution for A1 makes it collapse
    - mpaul
  • 30min nice one, thanks and happy holidays!
    - Susu
  • Clever consideration of Torsten&Irina makes it easy. Thanks.
    - tg
  • Short HC to start, setties, 1 x-wing, 2 UR. 24'
    - pax
  • UR and settis, nice, no guessing
    - ThomasF
  • 0:52:26 nach 2. Versuch mittelschwer
    - zoo-pony
  • 1 h - column 2 FGH
    - Susi
  • 28'. Easy. Thanks Jürgen. Check the gaps in column F.
    - Cleo
  • 37‘ this was the first time I can remember, my first guess was right. A4! Then everything stressfully flew
    - TheNikolausOne
  • 42 min. hi/lo in col. 6, in A1 kann weder 7 nocht 9 sein (zwei Lösungen), also A1=8
    - Torsten&Irina
  • 45min - setti considerations to find which row contains an 8 and then it's easy
    - flowerwaffle
  • 2nd try - No guessing needed. UR and Settis.do it.
    - JWB
  • ...Merry Christmas to all of you and thousand thanks to Andrew for this magnificant game
    - TriTop
  • It always helps to remember, that there is only one single solution (possible).
    - TriTop
  • Gibt es weitere Lösungen?
    - poblid
  • 35 quite easy if you check how many 5 and 4 you need
    - Jürgen
  • 80 min - mit einigen malen raten
    - wjanet
  • 40' First geuss wrong second made me finish it.
    - Manfred
  • 40' First geuss wrong second made me finish it.
    - Manfred