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Finned X-Wing

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A Finned X-Wing is an X-Wing pattern that has one or more extra candidates in one of the 4 boxes. Like regular fish, it is a single-digit solving technique.

How it works

Here is an example of a Finned X-Wing:

. . .
/ X /
. . .
. . .
/ X /
. . .
. . .
/ / /
. . .
. * .
F X .
. * .
. . .
/ X /
. . .
. . .
/ / /
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .

The four cells marked X would be an X-Wing if the candidate in the cell marked F were not present. So either there is an X-Wing, or the candidate in F is true. In both cases, the starred cells cannot contain a candidate for this digit. We can eliminate those candidates.

The F cell is known as the fin.
The "/" cells can not contain the "X" candidate.

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