Saturday, 12 September 2020

Solution to Example from Sudoku no 558

Hodoku explains it as follows, with reference to the picture below.

Row 2 can have its 7 in 2 different squares, both marked in green.

Row 9 can also have its 7 in 2 different squares, both marked in green.

The 7s could be in:

R2C5 and  R9C6

or

R2C5 and R9C7

or 

R2C7 and R9C6

Whichever combination you choose, 7 must be removed as a candidate from R3C6.

It calls this a skyscraper:

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