Thanks for posting your solutions.
Cenoman's one-stepper was the reason for choosing this puzzle.
To get the same elimination without using uniqueness, I could find only
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| 27 269 267 | 2358 2356 13568 | 12389 2689 4 |
| 1 246 5 | 9 2346 u346(8) |a23(8) 7 A3(8) |
| 8 2469 3 | 247 2467 146 | 5 269 19 |
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| 24 1 24 | 35 356 356 | 7 89 89 |
| 5 68 68 | 1 9 7 | 4 3 2 |
| 3 7 9 | 248 24 v48 | 6 1 5 |
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| 9 d25 1 | 6 8 35-4 |C23 Ce24 7 |
| 6 d58 478 | 3457 13457 2 |b1389 c489 Bc1389 |
| 247 3 2478 | 47 147 9 |b128 5 6 |
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Kraken Row (8)r2c679 => - 4 r7c6; lclste
||(8)r2c6 - (8=4)r6c6
||(8)r2c7 - (8)r89c7 = (8)r8c89 - (8=52)r78c2 - (2=4)r7c8
||(8-3)r2c9 = (3)r8c9 - (3=24)r7c78