The Foggy Sudoku Nebula

*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
A chastening sudoku today from gdc in the form of Nabner In The Nebula, an extremely clever and unusual fog of war puzzle. This one gives Simon no end of trouble and yet, as so often with a top-class sudoku, when you find the right way of thinking about it you can't understand what was difficult.

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!! Simon's solve will be posted on Patreon over the weekend.

Play the puzzles at the links below:

Nabner In The Nebula by gdc

https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/NTdGT2L7Fj

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. The grid is covered in fog. Placing correct digits reveals clues in the surrounding 3 by 3 area. All golden lines are "nabner" lines ie they cannot contain repeated digits and no two digits along a line may be consecutive. Eg if 5 is on a line, 4,5 and 6 cannot appear anywhere else on the line. Clues outside the grid give the sum of the first X digits along that row or column (the 'X-sum'), where X is the first digit seen from the direction of the clue. In addition to any nabner lines revealed as the fog lifts, every X-sum forms a hidden nabner line at least X cells long starting from the cell closest to the clue.

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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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & introduction
1:25 New Kurt Hugo Schneider 6x6 to try!
2:07 Join Our Sudoku Club On Patreon
2:40 Happy Birthdays
5:27 Rules
8:32 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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