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explanations:-
this is step:- 7


Now I work round the board looking for possible pairs of cells, in columns and rows of boxes, trying 1, then 2 etc.

In box 2, 1 can only be in col4 or 5 of row 3 because of the 1's in box 1, 3 & 5

This is where I start to put data in cells above the numbers


c1
c2
c3
 
c4
c5
c6
 
c7
c8
c9
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
8
 
1
 
r1
box

1
2
&
3
 
1
box 1 
 
 
 
7
box 2 
6
 
 
 
box 3 
9
 
r2
 
4
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
r3
 
8
 
4
 
3
 
 
9
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
6
r4
box

4
5
&
6
 
box 4 
1
 
 
 
6
box 5 
 
 
 
box 6 
7
 
8
r5
 
6
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
1
 
 
9
 
3
 
r6
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
9
r7
box

7
8
&
9
 
box 7 
9
 
 
 
box 8 
8
 
6
 
 
box 9 
 
r8
 
 
6
 
1
 
 
 
9
 
2
 
 
 
8
 
r9



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