#66 - Moderate (not very hard as posted)

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#66 - Moderate (not very hard as posted)

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Ruud,

Can you advise why Clueless Special #66 had a rank of 'very hard'? Solving techniques used for this one were on the 'very easy/moderate list, I thought.

Maybe I got lucky? (finished this one in under 25 minutes with just a couple twins)

:?: :roll: :roll: :?:
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There was an X-wing in the middle puzzle. Otherwise, yeah, this was a pretty easy Clueless.
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Post by Ruud »

Thanks for the feedback.

It was that X-Wing that determined the rating. Sometimes a single high rated move in an otherwise easy puzzle can distort the rating. When such puzzles appear in the future, I will use a lower rating.

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[quote="Ruud"]Thanks for the feedback.

It was that X-Wing that determined the rating. Sometimes a single high rated move in an otherwise easy puzzle can distort the rating. When such puzzles appear in the future, I will use a lower rating.

Ruud[/quote]


x-wing.... I didn't even notice the x-wing.... but the puzzle fell into place so fast maybe I did it subconsiously :lol: , then again, there was one puzzle rated tough (I think) samuari 29, that I found very hard.... :roll: go figure!

Anyway, keep up the fantastic work Ruud, you've got a whole bunch of us hooked.... 8-)
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