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[Len]

Help (without trial and error)! Partial solution to Web Sudoku Evil Puzzle 1,333,264,632

*** / 57* / 2**
**3 / *4* / 1*7
*7* / *** / *6*

7*5 / *1* / 48*
**9 / *5* / 67*
*84 / *2* / **1

*5* / *** / 74*
8*1 / *3* / 925
**7 / **5 / *1*

My pencilmarks:

*1469 *1469 68 / ****5 **7 13689 / ***2 **39 3489
*2569 **269 *3 / *2689 **4 *2689 / ***1 **59 ***7
12459 ****7 28 / 12389 *89 12389 / *358 ***6 3489

****7 **236 *5 / **369 **1 **369 / ***4 ***8 *239
**123 **123 *9 / **348 **5 **348 / ***6 ***7 **23
***36 ****8 *4 / *3679 **2 *3679 / **35 *359 ***1

*2369 ****5 26 / 12689 689 12689 / ***7 ***4 *368
****8 ***46 *1 / **467 **3 **467 / ***9 ***2 ***5
23469 23469 *7 / 24689 689 ****5 / **38 ***1 *368

[daj95376]

You must have already done the Evil part of this puzzle because what remains only requires basic techniques. Take a close look at Row 2 and Box 2 for the value 8.

[Len]

I thought I had checked all those simple traps! Unbelievable. Thanks.

[underquark]

1,2,3 forr5

[Gibo]

It is really??