Palindrome Sudoku by Philip Newman
(This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.)
Mirror, mirror on the screen / Can you reflect the numbers seen? Do so to solve this Palindrome Sudoku.

or solve online (using SudokuPad)
Theme: You’ve Got a Pal in Drome
Author/Opus: This is the 166th puzzle from Philip Newman, 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). The numbers along each gray line form a palindrome (i.e., read the same forwards and backwards).
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:30; One party hat (🥳): 16:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Digital Daxiatitan.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 4:22, 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
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