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Finned Swordfish
HardAlmost a Swordfish for one digit, but one extra candidate—the Fin—changes which eliminations are safe.
How it works
Find the first Column
This Column has a — digit 8 appears in two cells.
Find another matching Column
This Column also lines up — but it already has an extra 8 candidate.
Find the third matching Column
This Column lines up too — all three Columns share the same Rows.
Almost a Swordfish
Six cells line up across three Columns and three Rows — just like a normal Swordfish.
Spot the Fin
One Column has an extra 8 candidate, the Fin . That extra cell stops this from being a full Swordfish.
The Fin box
The Fin sits in this . If the Fin is true, 8 must land somewhere in this box on those Rows.
Eliminate in the Fin box
We can safely remove 8 from other cells in the Fin on those Rows.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
Find the first Column
This Column has a — digit 8 appears in two cells.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
Find another matching Column
This Column also lines up — but it already has an extra 8 candidate.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
Find the third matching Column
This Column lines up too — all three Columns share the same Rows.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
Almost a Swordfish
Six cells line up across three Columns and three Rows — just like a normal Swordfish.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
Spot the Fin
One Column has an extra 8 candidate, the Fin . That extra cell stops this from being a full Swordfish.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
The Fin box
The Fin sits in this . If the Fin is true, 8 must land somewhere in this box on those Rows.
- 4157156713571363673678293157156791457928467146671679127813479134693467934671346528473479534679136936717914712347134682346736783568367856317918979289469245245698723493463461168124124623434597368789347964915482
Eliminate in the Fin box
We can safely remove 8 from other cells in the Fin on those Rows.
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