Hunting Queues (#8)

Today's Puzzle:

We continue to feature the top-rated puzzles on LMG with a 1* difficulty rating. Today's puzzle is number 8 on the list and long overdue for feature with only 20 solves for this incredibly fresh and unique ruleset.

Link to Play Along:

Queue Hunting by dumediat https://tinyurl.com/SudokuSleuthQueueHunting

Rules:

- Normal sudoku rules apply. - Thermo: Digits along thermos must increase from the bulb end. - Numbered Thermos: Clues outside the grid are each associated with one thermo bulb in their row/column, such that each thermo bulb is associated with one outside clue; the solver must determine these associations. These outside clues indicate the digit that must be placed in the Nth position after the bulb along its associated thermo, where N is the digit that is placed in that thermo's bulb. For example, valid fills for a thermo whose bulb is associated with a 7 clue could include (1, 7, 8, 9) or (2, 5, 7, 8) etc...