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May 02 - Hard
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Reasoning 



R1C4 can only be <8>

R8C7 can only be <6>

R5C4 can only be <6>

R3C4 can only be <7>

R9C4 can only be <4>

R2C9 is the only square in row 2 that can be <6>

R2C8 is the only square in row 2 that can be <7>

R8C8 can only be <3>

R3C5 is the only square in row 3 that can be <6>

R5C1 is the only square in row 5 that can be <4>

R3C2 is the only square in row 3 that can be <4>

R5C3 is the only square in row 5 that can be <7>

R6C9 is the only square in row 6 that can be <3>

R8C9 is the only square in row 8 that can be <4>

R8C2 is the only square in row 8 that can be <7>

R9C5 is the only square in row 9 that can be <7>

R7C9 is the only square in row 7 that can be <7>

Squares R1C5 and R1C6 in row 1 form a simple naked pair. These 2 squares both contain the 2 possibilities <39>. Since each of the squares must contain one of the possibilities, they can be eliminated from the other squares in the row.

R1C7 - removing <9> from <1259> leaving <125>

R1C9 - removing <9> from <259> leaving <25>

Squares R6C1 and R8C1 in column 1 form a simple naked pair. These 2 squares both contain the 2 possibilities <18>. Since each of the squares must contain one of the possibilities, they can be eliminated from the other squares in the column.

R2C1 - removing <18> from <1389> leaving <39>

R3C1 - removing <8> from <2589> leaving <259>

R4C1 - removing <18> from <128> leaving <2>

R7C1 - removing <8> from <23568> leaving <2356>

Squares R2C2 and R4C2 in column 2 form a simple naked pair. These 2 squares both contain the 2 possibilities <18>. Since each of the squares must contain one of the possibilities, they can be eliminated from the other squares in the column.

R1C2 - removing <1> from <125> leaving <25>

R7C2 - removing <8> from <258> leaving <25>

R1C7 is the only square in row 1 that can be <1>

R2C7 can only be <9>

R2C1 can only be <3>

R3C1 is the only square in row 3 that can be <9>

R7C8 is the only square in row 7 that can be <9>

R6C8 can only be <8>

R6C1 can only be <1>

R4C9 can only be <5>

R1C9 can only be <2>

R5C7 can only be <2>

R5C9 can only be <9>

R7C7 can only be <5>

R5C6 can only be <8>

R6C5 can only be <9>

R8C1 can only be <8>

R4C2 can only be <8>

R1C5 can only be <3>

R7C1 can only be <6>

R7C2 can only be <2>

R9C8 can only be <2>

R8C3 can only be <1>

R2C3 can only be <8>

R9C3 can only be <3>

R3C8 can only be <5>

R1C6 can only be <9>

R7C5 can only be <8>

R1C2 can only be <5>

R3C9 can only be <8>

R2C2 can only be <1>

R3C3 can only be <2>

R4C5 can only be <1>

R5C5 can only be <5>

R7C6 can only be <3>

R9C1 can only be <5>

R9C6 can only be <6>



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