It Was Chris-GAS Eve, Babe

Here are the URLs for today's 5 GAS (Genuinely Approachable Sudoku) puzzles. Hat times are given as (two hats/one hat). Any correct solution gets you a dinosaur.

GAS 566 – Twas the Knight Before Xmas by Philip Newman https://tinyurl.com/mtpby8j3
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2n4hjt6k
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells separated by a knight’s move in chess may not contain the same digit. (7:00/13:00)

GAS 567 – Inverse Clones by clover! https://tinyurl.com/2s3cdr8v
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2kv7jy8x
Normal sudoku rules apply. For every pair of cells in the same relative position in the two shaded areas, the digits in those cells must sum to 10. (7:30/14:00)

GAS 568 – Parity Snowflake by Bill Murphy https://tinyurl.com/2x9w34rr
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2hzb6vfk
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along the line must alternate between odd and even. (9:00/18:00)

GAS 569 – Kropki-Paste by Philip Newman https://tinyurl.com/4kbvdb75
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2n6kaz8y
Normal sudoku rules apply. Grey regions are clones, and must contain the same digits in the same relative positions. Digits in cells separated by a white dot must be consecutive (have a difference of 1); digits in cells separated by a black dot must have a ratio of 2:1 Not all dots are necessarily given. (6:00/12:00)

GAS 570 – Sum Next to 9 by clover! https://tinyurl.com/yr5behew
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2hvh2otu
Normal sudoku rules apply. Clues outside of the grid give the sum of the digit(s) touching the 9 in that row or column. (7:30/14:00)

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