This Sudoku Is 100% Rated AND Isn't THAT Hard!!

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
This sudoku, Parity Snakes by Malrog, has achieved a rare distinction: a 100% rating on Logic Masters but only 3 stars for difficulty. There are actually only a handful of such puzzles in existence! Many of you have recommended this one - and you were quite right to do so - it's absolutely brilliant (and not too hard!)

Have a go at the puzzle here:
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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits on a white dot must be consecutive (not all dots are given). A digit in a grey square must be even. Each cell containing a circle is the head of a parity snake, whose length is the digit in the circle. A parity snake is a non-branching one-cell-wide path of orthogonally connected cells of the same parity, which may not orthogonally touch itself or other cells of matching parity. A snake may not have two heads, and may be a single cell.

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:30 A year of crossword videos
2:06 New apps!?
2:17 Riffclown's new sudoku hunt
2:39 Happy Birthdays & Anniversary
5:25 Rules
9:05 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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