The Cruellest Email Of All

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
We need to start with an apology to constructor Jeff Wajes, who created the extraordinary puzzle Simon attempts in this evening's video. It's called Odd Pentominoes On The Loose and it takes Simon a VERY long time. Having finished recording the video, we received a (CRUEL) email from our tester apologising for missing a CLUE in the version Simon was sent. (Simon should have been given an additional X between r4c4 and r5c4.)
We think the video is still worth showing because the puzzle is that good and (we think) a lot of Jeff's intended logic survives the missing X.
If you decide to attempt the puzzle, our strong recommendation is that you try the puzzle with the correct clues (using the first link below) but, if you really want an even harder challenge, then the second link is to the version Simon tries in the video.
Link 1 (the correct puzzle):
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Link 2 (the version attempted by Simon in the video):
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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. A pentomino is a set of 5 orthogonally connected cells. There are exactly 12 different possible pentomino shapes (treating reflections/rotations as equivalent). Arrange all 12 pentominoes in the grid so that 9 of them contain only odd digits. Digits CAN repeat inside a pentomino. Pairs of cells connected by an X or V sum to 10 or 5 respectively AND belong to two separate pentominoes. Not every X and V is given. Along the thermometer, digits increase from the bulb end.
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** Our New App Is OUT **
Our new app is OUT on App Store AND Android AND ON PC (via Steam)!!
We've completely revamped the interface. Now you download the basic app free and you can choose to download additional content. So there's a FREE pack of puzzles by Prasanna Seshadri and a paid pack: DOMINO SUDOKU!!! Prasanna's free pack includes one puzzle for each variant of our existing apps (so there's a killer sudoku, a miracle sudoku, a thermo sudoku, etc). Domino Sudoku is a pack of 100 handmade puzzles (40 on launch, 5 added each month for a year) by some of the best constructors in the World: Phistomefel, clover, jovi_al, Christoph Seeliger, Qodec, Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Richard Stolk have all contributed sudokus!!
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