The Phistomefel Meta Conundrum

*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***

Another chance to bathe in the genius of Phistomefel this evening as Simon takes on his sudoku, Greedy Cages. This is a long video (for which Simon apologises!) but some of the ideas in this puzzle are REALLY interesting. (In particular, drop a comment if you can see a neat way of proving what Simon finds out about one of the cages at the start!) You can try it at the link below:

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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Clues in the top left corner of a cell mean that that cell is part of a cage whose digits sum to that clue's value. A cage is an orthogonally connected set of cells in which no digit may repeat. Each cage contains exactly one given clue. Cages do not overlap. If a clue is a question mark it is unclear how large the sum of the respective cage is. The cages are "greedy" ie digits in a cage cannot appear in any orthogonally adjacent cells or cages.

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