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|..2|..9|...|
|.6.|.31|9..|
|.7.|65.|4..|
|---+---+---|
|.1.|3..|...|
|5..|...|..7|
|..8|.2.|..9|
|---+---+---|
|..1|9..|...|
|.8.|.7.|.95|
|...|...|3.4|
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Simple steps will get you here:
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| 1348 345 2 | 478 48 9 | 567 567 13 |
| 48 6 45 | 2478 3 1 | 9 57 28 |
| 139 7 39 | 6 5 28 | 4 28 13 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 24679 1 4679 | 3 4689 45678 | 2568 24568 268 |
| 5 2349 3469 | 148 14689 468 | 268 123468 7 |
| 3467 34 8 | 145 2 4567 | 156 13456 9 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 23467 2345 1 | 9 468 234568 | 2678 2678 268 |
| 2346 8 346 | 124 7 2346 | 126 9 5 |
| 2679 259 5679 | 1258 168 2568 | 3 12678 4 |
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Now, if you can exclude the 6 in r4c9, the grid becomes:
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| 1348 345 2 | 478 48 9 | 567 567 13 |
| 48 6 45 | 2478 3 1 | 9 57 28 |
| 139 7 39 | 6 5 28 | 4 28 13 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 24679 1 4679 | 3 4689 45678 | 2568 24568 28 |
| 5 2349 3469 | 148 14689 468 | 268 123468 7 |
| 3467 34 8 | 145 2 4567 | 156 13456 9 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 23467 2345 1 | 9 468 234568 | 2678 2678 268 |
| 2346 8 346 | 124 7 2346 | 126 9 5 |
| 2679 259 5679 | 1258 168 2568 | 3 12678 4 |
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And simple steps produce:
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| 1348 345 2 | 47 48 9 | 567 567 13 |
| 48 6 45 | 247 3 1 | 9 57 28 |
| 139 7 39 | 6 5 28 | 4 28 13 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 24679 1 4679 | 3 69 4567 | 2568 2456 28 |
| 5 2349 3469 | 148 169 468 | 26 12346 7 |
| 3467 34 8 | 145 2 4567 | 156 13456 9 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 2347 2345 1 | 9 48 2345 | 278 27 6 |
| 2346 8 346 | 124 7 2346 | 12 9 5 |
| 2679 259 5679 | 1258 16 2568 | 3 1278 4 |
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From there an XY chain:
8-(r2c1)-4-(r2c3)-5-(r2c8)-7-(r7c8)-2-(r3c8)-8
results in the exclusion of the 8 in r2c9.
It's simple from there.
But I can't figure out how to exclude the 6 in r4c9.
Figure out how to exclude the 6 in r4c9 and the puzzle is solved.