(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
Today’s GAS puzzle focuses on consecutive sequences, with a special rule linking the beginning and end of each arrow. Can you unravel all the connections?

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or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Author/Opus: This is the 41st puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). For each arrow, the number in the circled cell must be one less than the number at the (pointy) end of the arrow. Also, all of the digits along the arrow’s path, not including the circle, must form a sequence of consecutive (i.e., differing by 1) numbers in order with no repeats. The sequence may be either increasing or decreasing on the arrow path.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 6:00; One party hat (🥳): 11:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Onesied Ornithopsis.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:48, with SudokuPad replay file shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).

Solution: PDF; solving video with explanation to be added later from GAS team.

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