Things Are REALLY Wrogn In The Sudoku Fogn!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Surely the most daunting and mad ruleset in sudoku history as ViKingPrime decides to merge fog, liar clues AND Schrödinger cells in one puzzle!! This is not for the faint hearted but some of the logic is really incredible. Remember you don't need to guess...!
Have a go at the puzzle here:
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Rules:
Place the digits 0 through 9 once each in every row, column and box; to enable this, each row, column and box contains exactly one Schrödinger Cell ie a cell that contains two digits. The grid is partially covered in fog; placing correct digits in non-Schrödinger cells will clear the fog from the surrounding area (no guessing is required). Each of the standard clue types below occurs exactly three times in the grid; for each, exactly two of the appearances of that clue are correct and the other is incorrect. The clue types are:
- Counting Circles (ie each circled digit counts exactly how many circles contain that digit. All other clue types consider the sum total of a cell as that cell’s value.);
- Dutch Whisper - adjacent cells along an orange line must differ in value by at least 4;
- German Whisper - adjacent cells along a green line must differ in value by at least 5;
- Killer cages - values in a killer cage must sum to small clue in the top left corner of the cage & digits cannot repeat in a cage;
- Kropki dots ie cells separated by a white dot must contain consecutive values & cells separated by a black dot must contain values in a 1:2 ratio (ie one value is double the other); and
- X/V rules ie cells separated by an X must contain values summing to 10 and cells separated by a V must contain values summing to 5.
Disconnected lines within the same cell indicate two separate lines.
** CIRCLE SUMS by JESPER **
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music & puzzle introduction
2.29 Patreon extras
3:22 Happy Birthdays
6:01 Rules
13:13 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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