Mike Barker wrote:--- UR+3X/1SL: includes the extra cell "(ab)U..." such that "U" is a locked set which includes "Y", "abY" is seen by all of the cells of "(ab)U..." which contain elements of "Y", "(ab)U..." can contain "a", and "(ab)U..." can contain "b" if all of its cells which contain "b" are seen by "abX" => "b" can be removed from "abX". Similarly, "(ab)U..." can contain "b", and "(ab)U..." can contain "a" if all of its cells which contain "b" are seen by "abX" => "b" can be removed from "ab(Z)".
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Puzzle #54: UR+3X/1SL
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| . . . | 8 . . | . 2 3 |
| . . . | . . . | 5 7 . |
| . . . | 6 3 . | 9 . . |
|-------+-------+-------|
| 4 . 3 | . . . | 8 . . |
| . 6 . | . 5 . | . . 9 |
| . . 7 | 1 . . | 3 . . |
|-------+-------+-------|
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| 6 1 . | . . . | . . 8 |
| 5 . 8 | . . 9 | . 1 . |
+-----------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 79 479 6 | 8 47 5 | 1 2 3 |
| 38 38 124 | 9 124 124 | 5 7 6 |
| 127 27 5 | 6 3 127 | 9 8 4 |
|--------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
| 4 259 3 | 7 29 26 | 8 56 1 |
| 128 6 12 | 23 5 238 | 7 4 9 |
| 89 589 7 | 1 489 468 | 3 56 2 |
|--------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
| 237 2347 249 | 234 18 18 | 6 39 5 |
| 6 1 249 | 5 27 237 | 24 39 8 |
| 5 234 8 | 234 6 9 | 24 1 7 |
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# 60 eliminations remain
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The only UR that I could find to match the pattern:
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| 79 479 6 | 8 47 5 | 1 2 3 |
| 38 38 124 | 9 124 124 | 5 7 6 |
| *27+1 *27 5 | 6 3 127 | 9 8 4 |
|--------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
| 4 259 3 | 7 29 26 | 8 56 1 |
| 128 6 12 | 23 5 238 | 7 4 9 |
| 89 589 7 | 1 489 468 | 3 56 2 |
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| *27+3 *27+34 249 | 234 18 18 | 6 39 5 | <- SL on <7>
| 6 1 249 | 5 27 237 | 24 39 8 |
| 5 234 8 | 234 6 9 | 24 1 7 |
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# 60 eliminations remain