LEVEL 7

Finned Swordfish

A Swordfish with a confined extra candidate creates targeted eliminations.

How to find it

  1. Map a near-Swordfish plus its fin.
  2. Confirm the fin shares a box with a cover-line candidate.
  3. Remove only candidates that see both relevant endpoints.

Logical demonstration

The violet cells represent the pattern; the gold cell represents the resulting placement or elimination. Verify every highlighted candidate belongs to the required houses before acting.

Common mistakes

  • Using cells that do not share the required row, column, box or peer relationship.
  • Removing a candidate before confirming every occurrence in the pattern.
  • Confusing a possible pattern with a completed logical proof.

GUIDED PRACTICE · EXERCISE 1 OF 3

Finned Swordfish training

Identify the logically justified next action. Violet cells form the pattern and the gold cell is the proposed result.

Which action is justified?

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