I'm always impressed that a puzzle can be reduced considerably and still need more than an AIC to crack it.
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+-----------------------+
| 3 8 . | . . . | . 5 . |
| 1 . . | 9 3 . | . 4 . |
| . . 2 | . . . | . . . |
|-------+-------+-------|
| . 1 . | 4 2 . | 5 . 9 |
| . 9 . | 3 8 . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . 1 8 |
|-------+-------+-------|
| . . . | 2 . . | 1 8 . |
| 4 2 . | . . 5 | 7 3 . |
| . . . | 8 . 3 | . . 5 |
+-----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 3 8 49 | 67 67 24 | 29 5 1 |
| 1 5 67 | 9 3 28 | 68 4 27 |
| 679 467 2 | 5 1 48 | 68 79 3 |
|-----------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| 8 1 3 | 4 2 67 | 5 67 9 |
| 567 9 567 | 3 8 1 | 4 267 27 |
| 2 467 467 | 67 5 9 | 3 1 8 |
|-----------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| 59 3 59 | 2 67 67 | 1 8 4 |
| 4 2 8 | 1 9 5 | 7 3 6 |
| 67 67 1 | 8 4 3 | 29 29 5 |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
# 38 eliminations remain
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