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| 1236 23579 1367 | 14567 14567 1567 | 167 16789 16789 |
| 4 57 167 | 1567 8 9 | 2 3 167 |
| 8 79 167 | 3 167 2 | 5 1679 4 |
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| 126 2478 5 | 28 167 3 | 9 1467 167 |
| 136 37 9 | 1567 1567 4 | 8 167 2 |
| 126 2478 1467 | 28 9 167 | 13467 5 1367 |
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| 5 1 34 | 4679 2 8 | 3467 4679 3679 |
| 7 6 2 | 1459 3 15 | 14 1489 189 |
| 9 34 8 | 1467 1467 167 | 13467 2 5 |
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Tridagon (1,6,7) in b2p348, b3p168, b5p249, b6p357
with 6 guardians: 5r1c6,5r2c4,9r3c8,5r5c4,3r6c7,4r6c7whip[5]: r2c2{n5 n7}- r5c2{n7 n3}- r9c2{n3 n4}- c3n4{r7 r6}- c3n7{r6 .} => -5r2c4
Single: 5r2c2
whip[5]: r3c2{n9 n7}- r5c2{n7 n3}- r9c2{n3 n4}- c3n4{r7 r6}- c3n7{r6 .} => -9r3c8
Single: 9r3c2
Hidden pairs: 89r1c89 => -1r1c8 -6r1c8 -7r1c8 -1r1c9 -6r1c9 -7r1c9
4 guardians remaining: 5r1c6,5r5c4,3r6c7,4r6c7
Trid-OR4-g-braid[7] : c2n4{r6 r9}- r9n3{c2 c7}- c5n4{r9 r1}- c5n5{r1 r5}- r9n1{c7 c456}- r8c6{n1 n5}- OR4{all guardians | .} => -4r6c3
The puzzle is now solvable in W7, but here is a path in W8 to reduce the number of steps :
Single(s): 4r7c3, 3r9c2, 7r5c2, 2r1c2, 3r5c1, 3r1c3
whip[5]: r6c3{n1 n6}- c1n6{r6 r1}- c6n6{r1 r9}- c7n6{r9 r7}- c7n3{r7 .} => -1r6c7
whip[8]: c7n1{r8 r1}- r1c1{n1 n6}- c3n6{r2 r6}- c6n6{r6 r9}- c7n6{r9 r7}- r7n3{c7 c9}- c9n9{r7 r1}- c9n8{r1 .} => -1r8c9
Naked pairs: 89c9r18 => -9r7c9
whip[6]: c7n1{r8 r1}- r1c1{n1 n6}- c3n6{r2 r6}- c6n6{r6 r9}- c6n1{r9 r6}- r5n1{c4 .} => -1r8c8
whip[6]: r5c8{n1 n6}- r4c9{n6 n7}- r6n7{c9 c6}- b5n6{r6c6 r4c5}- r3n6{c5 c3}- r6c3{n6 .} => -1r6c9
whip[7]: c1n6{r6 r1}- c6n6{r1 r9}- c7n6{r9 r7}- r1c7{n6 n7}- c6n7{r1 r6}- r6c9{n7 n3}- r7n3{c9 .} => -6r6c3
Single(s): 1r6c3, 1r1c1
Box/Line: 1c6b8 => -1r8c4 -1r9c4 -1r9c5
whip[2]: r3n1{c8 c5}- r4n1{c5 .} => -1r5c8
Single(s): 6r5c8
Box/Line: 1r5b5 => -1r4c5
whip[7]: r3c8{n7 n1}- r2n1{c9 c4}- r5c4{n1 n5}- c5n5{r5 r1}- r1n4{c5 c4}- r8c4{n4 n9}- r7n9{c4 .} => -7r7c8
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