New Circle Rules Make Incredible Sudoku Puzzles

*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
We tackled Circular Reasoning by Marty Sears a couple of days ago and this puzzle by Stimim is rumoured to be even better. It's called Circles and Thermos and uses the same new circle rules. This IS a magnificent sudoku that, although it's a variant, feels a bit like a classic in terms of how you have to think.

Also linked below is @KurtHugoSchneider 's new 6x6 sudoku called x. Apparently you need to know some sudoku theory in order to solve it quickly!!

Play the puzzles at the links below:

Stimim's Circles and Thermos:

https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/dGL3DgJgJd

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. A digit in a circle indicates exactly how many circles contain that digit. For example, if there is a 5 in any circle, then there are five 5s in circles. Some of the circles are also the bulb of a thermometer, digits must increase as they move away from the bulbs.

Kurt's 6x6:
https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/tNJDm73TjD

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Along a long diagonal (marked in blue) digits may not repeat. Clues outside the grid give the sum of the digits along the indicated diagonal. The cage clue gives the sum of its cage. x is a number that must be determined.

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363130/Cracking_the_Cryptic__GAS_Volume_2/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934

60 original puzzles by Clover, Bill Murphy and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles!

▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀

You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/
Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad

ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”

▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & introduction
1:57 New Kurt Hugo Schneider 6x6 to try!
5:06 Join Our Sudoku Club On Patreon
5:50 Happy Birthdays
7:06 Rules
8:10 Start of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!

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▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀

You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/
Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad

ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”

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