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  Miscellaneous Deductions
  
a  762 | 489 | 513        POK Journal 060422  Six Light Stars                                
b  913 | 256 | 874        12:21:58.713 060510                                                
c  854 | 173 | 692        Sig  466779999 556779999 566679999                                 
   ----+-----+----        Iteration counts       9  1  0                                     
d  1.7 | 845 | 9.6    <-- Blank cell count      15                                           
e  .48 | 691 | .57        Nonblank cell count   32                                           
f  596 | 732 | 481          |                                                                
   ----+-----+----          |                                                                
g  ..9 | 36. | 1.5          V                                                                
h  ..1 | 52. | 769  
i  6.5 | 91. | ..8
       1         2         3          4         5         6          7         8         9       
  .---------.---------.---------..---------.---------.---------..---------.---------.---------.  
a |         |         |         ||         |         |         ||         |         |         | a
b |         |         |         ||         |         |         ||         |         |         | b
c |         |         |         ||         |         |         ||         |         |         | c
  |---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------|  
d |         | 23      |         ||         |         |         ||         | 23      |         | d
e | 23      |         |         ||         |         |         || 23      |         |         | e
f |         |         |         ||         |         |         ||         |         |         | f
  |---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------|  
g | 2 4     |      78 |         ||         |         |      78 ||         | 2 4     |         | g
h |  34     |  3    8 |         ||         |         |   4   8 ||         |         |         | h
i |         | 23   7  |         ||         |         |   4  7  || 23      | 234     |         | i
  '---------'---------'---------''---------'---------'---------''---------'---------'---------'  
       1         2         3          4         5         6          7         8         9       

  d8 = 2 => d2 = 3 => e1 = 2 => g1 = 4 => g8 = 2 => d8 = 3; contradiction.

  Hence, d8 = 3.  This solves the puzzle.

  Form of the solution:

    2 - not 2 - 2 - not 2 - 2 - not 2
   
    May be worth watching for.