You can get relief from the anxiety of a 3-less puzzle in the first few moments of the puzzle. Row 3 has a 79 pair in col 3 and 5, forcing a 5 in col 7, and a 18 in col 8 and 9, so 3 in r3c4. This is the basis to deal with this puzzle rather swiftly.
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You can get relief from the anxiety of a 3-less puzzle in the first few moments of the puzzle. Row 3 has a 79 pair in col 3 and 5, forcing a 5 in col 7, and a 18 in col 8 and 9, so 3 in r3c4. This is the basis to deal with this puzzle rather swiftly.
Just done this one again. 11 minutes, no pencil marks.
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I did the NYT Medium OK, but when I found a link to this, I found a quadruple, one or two triples, but got completely stuck.
I've just realised that I put the wrong link again. Thanks for the heads up, Graham.
The reason I got stuck was missing something easy amid the candidates I used.