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This puzzle may be fun to solve without a solver providing the solution -- pencilmarks and highlighting of cells for a candidate are acceptable.

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*-----------------------*
| 9 . . | 4 . . | 5 . 3 |
| . . . | . . 8 | 7 . 4 |
| . . . | . . 2 | . 6 1 |
|-------+-------+-------|
| 8 4 . | . . 6 | . . . |
| . . 6 | . 7 . | 3 . . |
| . . . | 8 . . | . 1 6 |
|-------+-------+-------|
| 2 8 . | 6 . . | . . . |
| 6 . 5 | 9 . . | . . . |
| 7 . 4 | . . 3 | . . 5 |
*-----------------------*

(In case of frustration: XY-Chain on [r3c3] with two eliminations)

[re'born]

Indeed, it was quite fun.