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I really enjoyed Swirl by zetamath which uses an Anti-V rule without using Anti-X to achieve some really interesting results. I wanted to try to set something similar, except I decided to go with Anti-X instead of Anti-V, and I thought that thermometers might pair well it. I originally created a different layout with an interesting opening that I really liked, but I was struggling to find a way to complete the puzzle and was eventually forced to give up. Fortunately, I was able to rework some of the ideas into this puzzle instead, and I'm quite proud of how cleanly I was able to wrap everything up this time! This puzzle has some tricks that might be worthy of a 4-star difficulty, but I think the minimalist layout of the clues may help indicate where to look for the solve path enough that a 3-star difficulty rating can be justified. I hope you enjoy my latest puzzle, Allergic Reaction!

Normal Sudoku rules apply.

Thermometers: Digits on a grey thermometer increase from bulb to tip.

Odd: The orange circle contains an odd digit.

Anti-X: No orthogonally adjacent pair of digits sums to 10.

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