This cute German Whispers Sudoku by Bill Murphy looks a bit more like another kind of familiar variation. Can you sort out the new logic to solve this one?

PDF

or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Theme: Hmmm

Author/Opus: This is the 21st puzzle from Bill Murphy, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (insert a number from 1 to 8 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). Adjacent numbers connected by a green line must differ by at least 5.

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 15:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: LibelingsfaCharonosaurus.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 3:57, 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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