- Two identical adjacent numbers cannot both stay unshaded.
- Three identical numbers in a row force the middle to be unshaded.
- Never shade a cell that would isolate an unshaded region.
- If shading a cell would trap another unshaded cell, the shaded cell must be wrong.
- Look for numbers that appear only once in a row or column—they are safe.
- Use connectivity checks after every few placements.
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