This puzzle would qualify nicely as a daily one advanced move puzzle on this site. After a number of basic moves you get to here :
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| 3 25 2578 | 1 79 b458 | 24 6 249 |
| 9 1 4 | 6 2 b58 | 58 7 3 |
|a258 6 2578 |b48 79 3 | 1 c58 249 |
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| 8-2 3 6 | 7 4 b289 | 589 58 1 |
| 7 4 1 | 5 3 b89 | 89 2 6 |
| 258 9 258 | 28 6 1 | 3 4 7 |
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| 6 8 9 | 3 5 7 | 24 1 24 |
| 1 7 3 | 24 8 24 | 6 9 5 |
| 4 25 25 | 9 1 6 | 7 3 8 |
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ALS XZ Rule: X = 4, Z = 2: (2=4) r3c148 - (4=2) r1245c6 => - 2 r4c1; stte
This is one of a number of moves that would solve the puzzle with singles following the elimination (called stte for short). In fact there are quite a number of single candidate eliminations that would lead to an stte finish,
The single candidate stte list for this position is 5 r1c2, 4 r1c6, 2 r1c7, 5 r2c6, 8 r2c7, 8 r3c4, 5 r3c8, 4 r3c9, 2 r4c1, 9 r4c6, 5 r4c7, 8 r4c8, 8 r5c6, 9 r5c7, 5 r6c1, 2 r6c4, 4 r7c7, 2 r7c9, 4 r8c4, 2 r8c6, 2 r9c2 & 5 r9c3.
If you are not worried about single move solutions you could play an X Wing like so: XWing in 8's r25 c67 => - 8 r1c6, r4c67:
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| 3 25 2578 | 1 79 45-8 | 24 6 249 |
| 9 1 4 | 6 2 *58 |*58 7 3 |
| 258 6 2578 | 48 79 3 | 1 58 249 |
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| 28 3 6 | 7 4 29-8 | 59-8 58 1 |
| 7 4 1 | 5 3 *89 |*89 2 6 |
| 2-58 9 258 | 28 6 1 | 3 4 7 |
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| 6 8 9 | 3 5 7 | 24 1 24 |
| 1 7 3 | 24 8 24 | 6 9 5 |
| 4 25 25 | 9 1 6 | 7 3 8 |
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This brings you to here, which is a BUG + 1 position and enables you to eliminate 5 and 8 from r6c1 and solve the puzzle with singles.
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| 3 25 8 | 1 7 45 | 24 6 9 |
| 9 1 4 | 6 2 58 | 58 7 3 |
| 25 6 7 | 48 9 3 | 1 58 24 |
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| 28 3 6 | 7 4 29 | 59 58 1 |
| 7 4 1 | 5 3 89 | 89 2 6 |
|*2-58 9 25 | 28 6 1 | 3 4 7 |
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| 6 8 9 | 3 5 7 | 24 1 24 |
| 1 7 3 | 24 8 24 | 6 9 5 |
| 4 25 25 | 9 1 6 | 7 3 8 |
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BUG is a bit of an esoteric topic. You can read about it
here or
here, for example.
Leren