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There are several ways to remove more.

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I like curling. It is slow to watch but that gives you time to figure what shot you prefer. Strategy.

Soccer, I do like it, much like hockey. Hockey is my sport of choice.

Baseball, I can ...

Hurry HARD, eh? Smile

Or, I perhaps missed the Canadian curling championships?
Keith

Tried to slide that past me, did 'ya. Wrong time of year.

I saw a finned sword on 7s after basics.

I still needed a 4 cell xy-chain to finish. Embarassed

m-wing(39) (9=3)r3c7-r3c1=(3-9)r1c2=r9c2; r9c7<>9

Same elimination with a 39 W-Wing.

I agree, I looked at it and saw a Death Blossom that I didn't mind but as a human solver, I would not find it. Ugly ( not fun ) puzzle.

Thanks Mogulmeister for catching the General Remote Pair and giving me a chance to verify some tests in my chains() routine.

To me, a General Remote Pair is two concurrent chains -- or a single cha ...

Thanks daj,

I learn sudoku stuff every day, thanks to your posts and the replies to them.

I had not the remotest idea......

Remote pair 36 @ r3c1 and r5c6 removes 36 from r3c6 (!!!) solving the puzzle.

I'd extend my admiration had you w-winged it instead Exclamation

So, everyone is in agreement on the XYZ-Wing -- which I missed completely. Sad

As Marty said, ( roughly ) you see things in the order you look for them!

I saw the two xy-wings first as xyz is u ...

After basics with an xy-wing and an x-wing there are 2 overlapped hidden- URs.

This on 29s;
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| 8 6 7 | 12 5 12 | 3 ...

I took three steps but noticed, as I found the 3rd, that I could have used only the last method I found. Ah well, it wasn't a race! Very Happy

I used overlapping hidden URs, one eliminates the other so do both at once. Smile

Brain freeze? I had one yesterday. <sigh>

Check the 2s for a finny x-wing. Smile

I printed this out and stumbled most of the way through.

I got stuck, brain freeze? I put my position into a solver and saw the "easy" step I missed. I had already found a whole lot of ...

leaving
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| 3 7 26 | 4 5 8 | 26 1 9 |
| 1 9 248 | 6 3 27 | 5 24 78 |
| 68 248 ...

This is a VERY good one. No big fish, but the CHUM !!!

If you watch 6s you will find Jellies.
Watch 5s is easier, finned swordfish.

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UR1s ruin many a fine solution.

This is a simple skyscraper, I'd see that quickly.