Was This Sudoku Solver Right To Despair?

** CIRCLE SUMS by JESPER **
Simon's solve of this unbelievably good (and very challenging) sudoku is now available to watch on Patreon.  It is over 2 hours long and is suitable only for those who enjoy movies...

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
An absolutely mad puzzle today from IcyFruit called Intersections.  This is SUCH a beautiful idea, it seems semi-miraculous that it solves and there's a ton of original logic to discover.  This constructor really is something else.

Have a go at the puzzle here:
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Rules:
Place a digit in each cell such that in any row, column, or 3x3 box, if a digit is present, it appears exactly its own number of times (in that row, column, 3x3 box). Digits may not repeat within a cage.

Today's musical intro is Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

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Simon's 2.5 hour solve of Roller Coaster Nurikabe
Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly Special Crossword

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle introduction
2:17 Rules
3:07 Simon solves Jesper's Circle Sums
3:55 More Instructions In Verse
5:32 Edgar Allan Poe in Virginia
6:38 Hexcells Infinite Tomorrow
7:43 Happy Birthdays
9:03 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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