Puzzle: Sudoku Rules do not Apply

Lost, Sudoku rules don’t apply

A new puzzle by me. Feel free to ask for help if you get stuck!

Normal Sudoku rules do not apply, at first. Suggested to turn off conflict highlighting.

Digits in the colored squares are “lost”, they are in the wrong boxes and can be inside the same row, column and/or box with another of the same value. Non-lost digits cannot repeat.

Digits inside the cages have to sum to the number in the top left. Killer cages use the value of the “lost” digit for its sum (not the corrected digit) and inside these killer cages, digits can repeat.

Every lost digit has a different value.

The solved solution has the grid solved and all lost digits corrected to form a valid sudoku. The killer cells no longer have to add up to the right sum in this corrected puzzle.

Link for online solving: Lost.

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