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[nickpowell77]

All,

Really stuck here and I can't see the wood from the trees, this is what I have:

521 xxx x39
xx3 2xx x54
9xx 53x x28

xx7 xx5 413
xx9 xxx 865
35x 6xx 972

x95 x4x 286
43x xx8 59x
xxx x5x 34x

Help is much appreciated.

Cheers,
Nick

[zebedeezbd]

Only two cells in the bottom-centre block can possibly be a 2 or a 6 (the centre and bottom-right ones) so you can eliminate other candidates in these two cells because they must be 2 and 6 (one way round or the other). This leaves only one 9 in the 6th column (2nd cell down)... good luck with the rest of it!