Walkthrough 1 - Medium

Step 3

1       6     2  
5     3     8    
  4       5 6   9
3             6  
    8       1 5  
  5             7
2     8       3  
    5     1      
  9     5       6

Now this one is a bit complex so stay with me.

If we look at the top 3 boxes we can see the two 5s in rows 2 and 3 means there has to be a 5 in either the top left or top right in box 3 (indicated by yellow boxes on the chart below).

Again on the botton 3 boxes the 5s on the bottom two rows means there has to be a 5 in the top left or right in box 9 (again indicated by yellow boxes)

This means there has to be a 5 in the centre column in box 6. As there is a 5 on the bottom row in box 4 the 5 has to be in the centre square of box 6.

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