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Nice puzzle set as always. For those of you using the "plain/printable format", it does drop 1 key piece of info on clue 12 that can lead to an unclear clue: the digits are already in the right order. If you allow for rearrangements, there's 2 possible strings that satisfy all the clues I think.
Marty
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@Marty: Yes, I'm in the middle of correcting the clues page to add these details back
Matthew
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