Stuck on a puzzle 05/12/2020

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Stuck on a puzzle 05/12/2020

Postby Fortesque92 » Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:05 am

Can anyone suggest what the next step might be to cracking this bad boy?
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Re: Stuck on a puzzle 05/12/2020

Postby Leren » Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:14 am

Code: Select all
*---------------------------------------------------*
| 12  278  17   | 37  389 6    | 458   489    459   |
| 5   3    6    | 2   89  4    | 18    7      19    |
| 49  4789 79   | 5   1   78   | 2     6      3     |
|---------------+--------------+--------------------|
| 6   5    39   | 13  4   129  | 7    *123    8     |
| 349 49   2    | 8   7   159  | 1356 *13     156   |
| 7   1    8    | 6   35  25   | 9     4-23   245   |
|---------------+--------------+--------------------|
| 129 279  5    | 147 6   3    | 148   489-12 12479 |
| 8   679  1379 | 147 2   17   | 1346  5      14679 |
| 123 267  4    | 9   58  1578 | 136  *123    1267  |
*---------------------------------------------------*

A naked triple (123) in r459c8 (cells marked *) does the trick. Leren
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Re: Stuck on a puzzle 05/12/2020

Postby Fortesque92 » Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:55 am

Thanks again mate!
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