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[MCC]

I call on greater minds than mine for help with this puzzle.

It's a pappocom generated V.Hard that seems to need something greater than an x-wing.
It probably doesn't and I've a dunce's cap ready to don.

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65.  ...  .49
3..  ..8  ...
.71  9..  ...

..9  ..2  ..6
...  8.3  ...
2..  6..  8..

...  ...6 95.
...  1..  ..4
58.  ...  .61

This is the stage I've reached.

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658  7.1  .49
392  468  ...
471  9.5  6.8

8.9  5.2  ..6
7..  8.3  ...
2..  6..  8..

1..  .86  95.
9..  157  .84
58.  ...  .61

So. Have I overlooked the blindingly obvious or not?

[CathyW]

There's a pair in column 7 which allows you to enter number in r9c7. The pair in box 2 also leads to eliminations in r9 which should progress things a bit. Actually, once you've done that it all falls into place so I think you must have done the "very hard" bit!

HTH
Cathy

Everything will be OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end!

[MCC]

Thanks CathyW

As I said, the blindingly obvious. Dons dunce's cap.

For some reason my mind saw it, not as a pair, but as the triplet 2,3,7.

Must be the drugs-antibiotics- that clouded my mind.

[Kites]

I could not get as far as MCC, can you help with my next move?
My grid looks like this:

658,[237][237]1,[237]49
392,[47][467]8,[1567][17]57]
471,9[236]5.[236][23]8

8[134]9,5[147]2,[1347][137]6
[17][146][4567],8[1479]3,[12457][1279][257]
2[134][3457],6[1479][49],8[1379][357]

[17][1234][347],[234]86,95[237]
9[236][36],157,[23]84
58[347],[234][2349][49],[237]61

Hopefully my pencil notes are correct.

[Kites]

Tried to cancel my last post - it didn't work. I found the solution myself. Thanks anyway.