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|.84|..5|..7|
|...|.9.|...|
|..3|.8.|.4.|
|---+---+---|
|2..|..6|1..|
|..8|...|4..|
|..9|8..|..3|
|---+---+---|
|.1.|.7.|2..|
|...|.3.|...|
|8..|2..|71.|
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It was marked "very hard"... After a while, I got this
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| 69 8 4 | 16 126 5 | 3 269 7 |
| 567 27 1 | 4 9 3 | 568 2568 2568 |
| 56 29 3 | 67 8 27 | 569 4 1 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 2 45 7 | 3 45 6 | 1 89 89 |
| 3 56 8 | 1579 125 1279 | 4 2567 256 |
| 1 456 9 | 8 245 247 | 56 2567 3 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 49 1 56 | 569 7 489 | 2 3 45689 |
| 47 79 2 | 156 3 148 | 5689 568 4568 |
| 8 3 56 | 2 456 49 | 7 1 4569 |
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Simple Sudoku advices to exclude 2 from position 5,5 so lets do it
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| 69 8 4 | 16 126 5 | 3 269 7 |
| 567 27 1 | 4 9 3 | 568 2568 2568 |
| 56 29 3 | 67 8 27 | 569 4 1 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 2 45 7 | 3 45 6 | 1 89 89 |
| 3 56 8 | 1579 15 1279 | 4 2567 256 |
| 1 456 9 | 8 245 247 | 56 2567 3 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 49 1 56 | 569 7 489 | 2 3 45689 |
| 47 79 2 | 156 3 148 | 5689 568 4568 |
| 8 3 56 | 2 456 49 | 7 1 4569 |
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but what now?!