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Potentially Pointer, Possibly Parity Party

Today I am happy to present a puzzle that combines two Scojo's prompts - "Ambiguity + Disjoint" prompt and second phase of a prompt redeemed by Juggler, to create a puzzle using constraints created by other setters in phase one :-)

I went with Pointer Sum from the puzzle Few Pointers by Palpot and After Parity Party Sum by Flinty, although he has not published his puzzle - but Palpot also covered this constraint in a puzzle Second Chance.

I hope you will enjoy and I would be really grateful for all the comments and ratings.

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Diagonal: Digits along the marked diagonal must not repeat.

Ambiguity: A clue outside the grid is either a Pointer Sum or an After Parity Party Sum (or both).

Pointer Sum: A clue outside the grid gives the sum of all digits N that are N steps away from the digit X, where X is the row or column number.
For example, if row 5 is 159283467, then the sum would be 16 (1+2+6+7).

After Parity Party Sum: A clue outside the grid gives the sum of all digits up to, and including, the second parity switch in that direction.
For example, if row 5 is 159283467, then the sum would be 28 (1+5+9+2+8+3) from the left side and 20 (7+6+4+3) from the right side.
If row 5 is 135792468, then any clue would be invalid, as there would be no second parity switch.

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If you liked this puzzle, I recommend trying out my other puzzles:

The Erica Series:
★☆☆☆☆: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 17, 23, 26, 27, 31, 32
★★☆☆☆: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 34, 35
★★★☆☆: 9, 19, 21, 22, 28, 33
★★★★☆: 36

Shading/Ying-Yang:
★★☆☆☆: Pretty Odd Shaded Area
★★★☆☆: (+5)-Yang, Negative 8 YY
★★★★☆: Aim High! (YY)
★★★★★: Why-Why?

Modifiers:
★★★☆☆: Modified Flat Mates, Neighbourhood Watch

Fog of War:
★☆☆☆☆: Erica 12, Erica 17
★★☆☆☆: It's What You Do in the Dark That Puts You in the Light, Find It All, What the Fog?, Erica 20, Erica 29
★★★☆☆: Broken Flashlight in the Dark

Pencil Puzzle/Sudoku Hybrid:
★★☆☆☆: Masyu (Short) Sudoku, Heyawake Sudoku (Given Regions)
★★★☆☆: Tetromino Sudoku
★★★★★: Heyawake Sudoku

Pairometers:
★★☆☆☆: Pairometers (6x6 Pack 1), Pairometers
★★★☆☆: Pairometers (6x6 Pack 2), Pairometers (6x6 Pack 3)

Various Puzzles:
★☆☆☆☆: Blown Fuses in Electrical Installation, Let Me Introduce Myself, French Wrench, GAS Regional Constraints, Quadsumes, Snack Latin Arrows
★★☆☆☆: Symmetrical Fan, Night Club, Important Hour on the Clock, What Was the Sum Again?, Disgroup Joints, 10-Arrows, Antiking Dutch Skyscrapers, (Not so) Little Killers, Indexing Sword, Larna's HoneyMoon
★★★☆☆: Cops & Robbers, Positive Symmetry, Doppelgänger Killer 1-25, Region Whisper Line, Christmas Chaos
★★★★☆: Liars. Liars Everywhere., Sandwiched XV Squishmates, Fireworks 2025, (Yin)German Pairrows
★★★★★: Any NEWS?