Techniques · sudoku and killer sudoku

Hidden Pairs/Triples

Two (or three) digits can only go in the same two (or three) cells of a row, column or box. Those cells can hold nothing else.

In the walkthroughs, every Hidden Pairs/Triples step shades the cells of the pattern and names the cell and digit it proves, so you can see the move on the grid rather than read about it. Press “Skip to next hard step” to jump straight to it.

None of the walkthroughs published so far needs this one; it is here for completeness.

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