Bb1-28-08VeryHard original
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| 467 3 9 | 1567 2 8 | 145 145 45 |
| 268 12568 1268 | 1356 4 13569 | 7 1235 2358 |
| 2478 1258 1278 | 1357 135 1357 | 6 12345 9 |
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| 1 26 5 | 9 3 2367 | 4 8 246 |
| 23689 4 268 | 123568 1358 12356 | 59 7 256 |
| 2689 7 268 | 2568 58 4 | 3 256 1 |
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| 5 12689 4 | 1238 1389 1239 | 18 136 3678 |
| 2689 12689 3 | 1258 7 1259 | 1458 1456 4568 |
| 78 18 178 | 4 6 135 | 2 9 3578 |
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After some cancellations, including hidden pairs in box3 and row1:
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| 7 3 9 | 6 2 8 | 15 145 45 |
| 26 5 126 | 13 4 9 | 7 23 8 |
| 4 8 12 | 7 5 13 | 6 23 9 |
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| 1 26 5 | 9 3 7 | 4 8 26 |
| 3 4 8 | 25 1 6 | 9 7 25 |
| 9 7 26 | 25 8 4 | 3 56 1 |
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| 5 26 4 | 138* 9 123 | 18* 16 7 |
| 26 9 3 | 18* 7 12 | 158* 1456 456 |
| 8 1 7 | 4 6 5 | 2 9 3 |
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I think I see a SORT OF Unique Rectangle on [18] R7c4,r7c7,r8c4,r8c7 –[138][18][18][158]
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| 7 3 9 | 6 2 8 | 15 145 45 |
| 26 5 126 | 13 4 9 | 7 23 8 |
| 4 8 12 | 7 5 13 | 6 23 9 |
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| 1 26 5 | 9 3 7 | 4 8 26 |
| 3 4 8 | 25 1 6 | 9 7 25 |
| 9 7 26 | 25 8 4 | 3 56 1 |
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| 5 26 4 | 3-18 9 123 | 18* 16 7 |
| 26 9 3 | 18* 7 12 | 5-18 1456 456 |
| 8 1 7 | 4 6 5 | 2 9 3 |
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Per above, I want to make r7c4=3 and r8c7=5. This happens to agree with the solution. But It doesn’t conform with Unique definitions I find in Sudopedia, I don’t think. Can someone explain whether this is correct logically?
I used XychainOn6 r6c8,r5c9-r4c9-r4c2-r7c2=>r7c8<>6 that did solve the puzzle.