Ok, if there are no more volunteers, I will write my solution.
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| 1389 2 139 | 4 1568 568 | 7 3689 b369 |
| 1348 5 7 | 1268 1268 9 | 2348 2368 b36 |
| 6 89 49 | 278 278 3 | 248-9 1 5 |
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| 1279 169 169 | 3 1267 67 | 5 4 8 |
| 12378 4 135 | 12578 12578 578 | 6 239 1379 |
| 12378 1368 1356 | 125678 9 4 | 123 23 137 |
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| 134 7 1346 | 9 3468 2 | a138 5 a136 |
| 5 1369 2 | 678 3678 678 | a1389 36789 4 |
| 349 369 8 | 567 34567 1 | a39 3679 2 |
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1. ALS XZ-Rule (some cinema fans may consider it 'ugly', but I can find such patterns and I like them): (9=6)b9p1347 - (6=9)r12c9 => -9 r3c7; lc => -9 r1c13, r89c8
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| 138 2 13 | 4 1568 568 | 7 3689 369 |
| a1348 5 7 | 1268 1268 9 | 2348 2368 36 |
| 6 89 b49 | 278 278 3 | 248 1 5 |
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| d1279 169 c169 | 3 1267 67 | 5 4 8 |
| 12378 4 135 | 12578 12578 578 | 6 239 1379 |
| 12378 1368 1356 | 125678 9 4 | 123 23 137 |
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| 134 7 1346 | 9 3468 2 | 138 5 136 |
| 5 1369 2 | 678 3678 678 | 1389 3678 4 |
| e39-4 369 8 | 567 34567 1 | 39 367 2 |
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2. Basic AIC: (4)r2c1 = (4-9)r3c3 = r4c3 - r4c1 = r9c1 => -4 r9c1; ste
So ALS-based methods are sufficient to solve this puzzle. As I wrote in
one of my previous posts, we can solve the puzzles rated SER 8.9 without forcing chains roughly in 31% of the cases.