Anyway, after being frustrated for a while, I searched and found the Solver. I entered my current hair-puller to see what to do next.
The original grid looked like:
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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A | 3 8
B | 6 1 7
C | 7 3 2
D | 3 8 1 2
E | 3 8
F | 1 5 6 7
G | 9 5 7
H | 3 5 6
I | 4 5
When I plug that in, on my own I've solved through the first attempt to solve method C:
The solution steps wrote:Starting Solve Method C
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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A | 45 3 49 2459 8 249 4579 14679 14569
B | 245 2489 6 1 7 3 4589 489 459
C | 7 489 1 459 569 469 4589 3 2
D | 46 4679 479 3 59 8 1 2 56
E | 3 269 29 459 159 149 57 67 8
F | 8 1 5 6 2 7 349 49 349
G | 9 5 2348 28 16 126 2348 148 7
H | 124 247 2478 2789 3 5 6 1489 149
I | 126 267 2378 2789 4 129 2389 5 139
Found a multicount set [67] and can eliminate stragglers:
Set cell [A8] to 67
Set cell [E8] to 67
Ending Solve Method C
I don't understand what's meant by "multicount set", nor why it rules out 6 from A9 and 7 from A7. Could someone kindly explain to me what's going on there?
Thanks