Web Sudoku [ Evil ] wrote:3,028,184,900- - -[ 26 clues ]
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. 3 . | 9 . . | . . 8
. 1 7 | 6 . . | . . .
. 5 9 | 1 . . | . . .
-------+-------+------
3 . . | . . . | . 1 .
9 . 2 | . . . | 5 . 3
. 8 . | . . . | . . 6
-------+-------+------
. . . | . . 6 | 2 4 .
. . . | . . 7 | 6 3 .
1 . . | . . 5 | . 8 .
after 12 "singles" -
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6 3 4 | 9 7 2 | 1 5 8
. 1 7 | 6 5 . | . . .
. 5 9 | 1 . . | . 6 .
-------+-------+------
3 . . | . . . | 8 1 .
9 . 2 | . . 1 | 5 7 3
. 8 1 | . . . | . . 6
-------+-------+------
. . . | . . 6 | 2 4 .
. . . | . . 7 | 6 3 .
1 . . | . . 5 | . 8 .
i should mention that Len's post shows 4 more cells solved
( 248 in c1 and 8 in c6 )
- i must admit i do not know how those 4 cells were solved.
in
box9, as
Sped noted,
the "naked" duo {
7,
9}
excludes them elsewhere in that row.
i also noticed that in
c4,
the "hidden" duo {
5,
7}
creates 2 box-line interactions:
the
2 and 3 for
c4 must both be in
box8- exclude them elsewhere in that box.
this leaves a "naked single" at
r9c5that was my initial solution-path,
later i reviewed the puzzle and found a simpler solution-path -
one which uses 2 duos but only one box-line interaction.
the "naked" duo in
box9creates a "hidden" duo {
1,
9} in
box8,
which creates a box-line interaction:
the
8 for
box8 must be in
c4.