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How it works

Three cells with two candidates each: a pivot holding X and Y, and two pincers it can see, one holding X and Z, the other Y and Z. The pivot is either X or Y, so one pincer or the other is forced to be Z — we just don't know which. Either way Z lands in one of them, so any cell that sees both pincers can't be Z.

Try it

Look at Row 1, Column 3, Row 2, Column 1, and Row 8, Column 3 — three cells with two candidates each. Let's pencil them in, then see why 1 can't survive where they overlap.

Tap each of Row 1, Column 3, Row 2, Column 1, and Row 8, Column 3, then tap every digit that's still possible there — check what's already used in that cell's row, column and box. Press "Check my work" when you're ready.

The pivot can only be one of its two digits, and either choice forces 1 into one of the two cells it sees. One of them is 1 — we just can't say which.

Which means 1 can be crossed out of every cell that sees both of those two.

Tap a highlighted cell, then tap its red digit on the pad below to cross it out — the highlighted cells show why it can't go there.

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