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+---+---+---+
|69.|.85|...|
|5.4|7.9|...|
|..7|46.|...|
+---+---+---+
|.5.|.47|8..|
|7.9|...|...|
|84.|95.|6..|
+---+---+---+
|...|57.|.8.|
|...|...|..1|
|...|...|.23|
+---+---+---+   Hazel Nut


Not sure if this one is that difficult ....

[shye]

feel like i took the expected path, still nice regardless :3

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,-------------------,-------------------,--------------------,
| 6      9    #123  |#123    8    5     | 12347  1347   247  |
| 5     #123+8 4    | 7     #123  9     | 123    136   *268  |
|#123    1238  7    | 4      6   #123   | 12359  1359   2589 |
:-------------------+-------------------+--------------------:
|#123    5    *1236 |#1236   4    7     | 8      139    29   |
| 7     #1236  9    | 12368 #123  12368 | 12345  1345   245  |
| 8      4    #123  | 9      5   #123   | 6      137    27   |
:-------------------+-------------------+--------------------:
| 12349  1236 *1236 | 5      7    12346 | 49     8     *469  |
| 2349   2367  58   | 2368   239  23468 | 4579   45679  1    |
| 149    167   58   | 168    19   1468  | 4579   2      3    |
'-------------------'-------------------'--------------------'

1) chromatic pattern (tridagon)
#-marked cells cannot all be 123, three guardians
6r4c4|6r5c2 - 6r4c3 = 6r7c3 - 6r7c9 = (6-8)r2c9 = 8r2c2
+8r2c2

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,-------------------,-------------------,---------------,
| 6      9    #123  |#123    8    5     |#123   7    4  |
| 5      8     4    | 7     #123  9     | 123   136  26 |
|#123   #123   7    | 4      6   #123   | 59    59   8  |
:-------------------+-------------------+---------------:
|#123    5    *1236 |#1236   4    7     | 8     139  29 |
| 7     #123+6 9    | 12368 #123  12368 |#123   4    5  |
| 8      4    #123  | 9      5   #123   | 6     13   7  |
:-------------------+-------------------+---------------:
| 12349  1236  1236 | 5      7    12346 | 49    8    69 |
| 2349   2367  58   | 2368   239  23468 | 4579  569  1  |
| 149    167   58   | 168    19   1468  | 4579  2    3  |
'-------------------'-------------------'---------------'

2) chromatic pattern
#-marked cells cannot all be 123, two guardians
6r4c4 - 6b4p3 = 6b4p5
+6r5c2

3) BUG+1
+1r2c7

XSudo input: Show

15 Truths = {8R2 6C39 34N1 25N2 16N3 14N4 25N5 36N6}
52 Links = {1r123456 2r123456 3r123456 6r47 1c123456 2c123456 3c123456 2n9 1b1245 2b1245 3b1245 6b4}
4 Eliminations, 1 Assignment --> r2c2<>123, r2c9<>8, r2c2=8

15 Truths = {1N347 2N5 3N126 4N14 5N257 6N36 6B4}
43 Links = {1r13456 2r13456 3r13456 6r4 1c34567 2c34567 3c34567 1b1245 2b1245 3b1245}
4 Eliminations, 1 Assignment --> r5c2<>123, r4c3<>6, r5c2=6