X-Wing

expert tier

Look at the pencil marks in the four highlighted cells. In each of these two rows, digit 9 only appears as a candidate in the very same two columns.

That locks 9 into an X pattern across these four cells — one of the two per row. Either way, 9 can be crossed off the rest of those columns, including the marked cell (which still has other candidates left).

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