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Box-Line Reduction in Sudoku

If all candidates for a digit on a row or column lie in one box, remove that digit from the other cells of the box.

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How it works

If all candidates for a digit on a row or column lie in one box, remove that digit from the other cells of the box.

Example

If all 4s in a row fall inside one box, no other cell of that box can be 4.

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Box-Line Reduction in Sudoku

Key point

If all candidates for a digit on a row or column lie in one box, remove that digit from the other cells of the box.

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