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Stuck - help plz

Postby Oxboy555 » Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:15 am

Please see attached. Bold are the givens. Circled are mine.

What technique can I use to get unstuck?
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Re: Stuck - help plz

Postby JasonLion » Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:04 pm

Locked candidates on 3 in column 3, removes the other 3s in block 4. Follow that up with some naked and hidden pairs and things should sort themselves out.
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Re: Stuck - help plz

Postby Oxboy555 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:34 am

Thanks Jason. I applied your advice, but I'm still stuck. Could you take another look?
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Re: Stuck - help plz

Postby JasonLion » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:24 pm

Locked candidate 1 in R2C12 eliminates 1 in R2C8.
Hidden pair on 69 in R46C6 eliminates 4 in R4C6.
Hidden pair on 17 in R4C8 and R5C9 eliminates 1 in R4C8 and 13 in R5C9.
and so on.
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