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This is the first puzzle I designed using thermo rules, so it was a bit of an experiment, but I thought it was still worth posting it to see if anyone likes it. This is another puzzle that I designed some time ago but hadn't uploaded before.

I wasn't sure how to rate the difficulty - it's a fairly easy start (as you can probably guess from the picture!) but then there are a couple of steps where you have to notice a specific pattern, which I think makes it a difficult puzzle overall. I believe that the puzzle doesn't require significant bifurcation to resolve. Having said all that, I'm not the best solver myself so I may not have noticed a better alternative solution path!

Normal sudoku rules apply: place the digits 1-9 in each row, column and 3x3 box. Thermo: Digits on a grey thermometer must increase starting from the bulb end.

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