Invisible Thermometers: A Game-Changing Sudoku
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So many of you have requested that we attempt this puzzle, Invisible Thermometers by Nahileon. The ruleset seems completely ludicrous - who would come up with such a thing?! Well it turns out that, yet again, Nahileon has produced something utterly mind-blowing. But it is quite hard ;)
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Rules:
Place the digits 1-8 once each in every row, column and region. A digit in a cell with a circle must be odd. A digit in a cell with a square must be even. There are invisible thermometers in this grid. Every empty cell (the 6x6 in the center) gets visited by one of those thermometers. Digits on a thermometer increase from the bulb on one end to the tip on the other end. The thermometers are orthogonally connected and don't fork or overlap. A thermometer may have length 1 if it's bulb and tip are the same cell. The difference between bulb and tip must be unique for each thermometer.
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