A little bit of sudoku in my life.

My solve of "Mamboku No. 5" by whatwhere, a sudoku using the the Killer, Thermo, Arrow, Quadruple and Kropki Pairs constraints.

whatwhere is a new setter to my channel, and this was a great debut puzzle.

Here are the lyrics that whatwhere wrote for this puzzle
A little bit of killer cage in my life
A little bit of arrows by my side
A little bit of Kropki is all I need
A little bit of Thermo is what I see
A little bit of Quads in sun
I'm finding naked singles all night long
A little x-wing, here I am
A little bit of you makes me your puzzle

Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Digits in cages must sum to the number in the top left corner of the cage.
- Along Thermos digits must strictly increase from the bulb to the tip.
- Digits placed on an arrow must sum to the digit placed in that arrow's circle.
- Digits in a Quadruple circle must be placed at least once in the four cells touching that circle.
- Cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio. Cells separated by a white dot must be consecutive. Not all dots are given.

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[stuartwills]

Hi BremSter, Thanks for solving my puzzle it was very enjoyable watching this video. As you suspected I am new to puzzle setting and this was only the 4th puzzle I have posted and set. It was even more enjoyable to watch after seeing your reaction video to CTC solving your puzzle. For me I set the puzzle sort of like an exercise in how to set a puzzle using some simple interactions with the different variants used and you seemed to have spotted all of them. I didn't see the lyrics which were the reason for the title, so here they are:
A little bit of killer cage in my life
A little bit of arrows by my side
A little bit of Kropki is all I need
A little bit of Thermo is what I see
A little bit of Quads in sun
I'm finding naked singles all night long
A little x-wing, here I am
A little bit of you makes me your puzzle

[donaldsnyder]

Almost 60 mins, needed some help from the following friends.
Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary and of course Jessica.

[glennmelven]

What a cool puzzle. I enjoyed solving it for 21 minutes then I enjoyed watching BremSter solve it.

[RickyWallace]

Excellent puzzle! I really enjoy combos of standard rule variations.

[jonbrowne]

Excellent puzzle! Solved in 33:45 which is great for me. Thanks for the great channel!

[praematura]

Wow, okay... got it in 8:25! The puzzle flowed really nice for me, love how all the parts worked against each other. Really fun one!

[vodkalippo]

Really enjoy your 1/2 hour puzzles, the difficulty is perfect for me
Thank you

[bristolrovers]

Nice puzzle not over difficult but a nice one to solve

[billbliss]

A bit over an hour for me, which I'm happy with. Some day I'll be as good as Bremster -- at lest that's my goal for now!

[victorfinberg]

One small trick experts use when adding numbers in your head is to automatically look for combinations that add to 5 or 10. This is because it's just easier to deal with such sums. The time savings is negligible if done once, but "adds up" over time.

Thus, 13 + 12 + 5 + 6 is most easily done by
12 + 13 = 25
+ 5 -> 30
+ 6 -> 36